Tag: Chamber for Tourism Industry
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GACL $3,500 penalty for airlines with passengers without PCR test outrageous – Chamber for Tourism
The Chamber for Tourism Industry Ghana has described a recent directive by the Ghana Airports Company Limited to various airlines flying into Ghana as a potential drawback to efforts being made to attract tourists to the country. Airport managers earlier this week indicated that airlines that fly passengers without PCR tests or disembark passengers with…
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Tourism Ministry donates items to some industry players to boost COVID-19 fight
The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, on Thursday April 23, made the Ministry’s 4th donation of essential equipment to the Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF) and tourism industry players to fight against the spread of COVID-19. The donation was made to four trade associations under GHATOF. The associations included Traditional Caterers, Indigenous…
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Tourism industry players hopeful of stimulus package after GTA’s economic impact assessment
Operators in the country’s tourism and hospitality sector say they are expecting an intervention by government when the regulator, the Ghana Tourism Authority, completes an economic impact assessment of the COVID-19 on their operations. The coronavirus has not only slowed economic activities due to restricted movements, but has also led to some redundancies across sectors…