Tag: Ghana Tourism Authority
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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…
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Untapped tourism potentials: Duasidan Monkey Sanctuary at Dormaa neglected
Tourism remains a key contributor to Ghana’s economic growth, although there’s still a huge potential yet to be tapped across the country. Imagine a community where residents live freely with monkeys that have become an integral part of their lives. That is the reality at Duasidan, a community in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the…
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Tano Sacred Grove’s tourism potential wasting away due to neglect
Tourism, although not the most popular in terms of sectors that drive Ghana’s economy, it contributes something substantial that cannot be overlooked. Indeed, the sector has the potential to make a greater impact on the economy, with the right focus, support and investment. Aside from the poor road network to some tourist sites and hospitality…
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Finance Ministry to assess economic impact of Year of Return initiative
The Ministry of Finance says it is setting up a unit to assess the economic impact of the Year of Return initiative announced by President Akufo-Addo. The Year of Return was initiated by the government last year to encourage Africans living outside the continent to visit Ghana to mark 400 years of the arrival of the…
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Ghana Tourism Authority bemoans non-payment of one percent Tourism Levy
The Ghana Tourism Authority says the One percent Tourism Levy is in arrears to the tune of about GHC 1 Million, as some hospitality facilities are not meeting their payment obligations. The Authority on December 9, 2019, closed down one restaurant in Accra during an exercise to ensure compliance with its standards and payment of…
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GTA gets tough on hospitality facilities over non-payment of 1 tourism levy
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has threatened to shut down some hospitality facilities for defaulting in the payment of the one percent Tourism Levy, and failing to comply with quality standards set by the Authority. The Authority says this is in line with LI 2185 of the Tourism Act. Per the Act, every registered hospitality…
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Illegal tourism facilities to be dealt with from this week – Ghana Tourism Authority
The Ghana Tourism Authority has promised to intensify its campaign against unregistered hospitality facilities across the country. According to the Deputy CEO in Charge of Operations at the Ghana Tourism Authority Ekow Samson, the goodwill that Ghana’s tourism industry is enjoying can be negatively affected if unregulated facilities are allowed to exist. Speaking to Citi Business News on the…
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Informal food and beverage vendors urged to improve standards — Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the tourism sector say an improvement in the standards of service from Informal Food and Beverage vendors could boost earnings for the tourism sector. According to them such vendors make up about 80 percent of food and beverage vendors in the country. In an attempt to enhance standards in the informal food and…
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GTA closes down 31 hospitality facilities in Eastern Region
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has closed down 31 facilities in the Eastern Region including hotels, guest houses, hostels, restaurants, bars and motels, for not having operational licenses from the GTA, under a special enforcement exercise nationwide. The GTA is authorized and entrusted to register and license every tourism business and hospitality facility in…
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Tourism Authority in talks with GRA, GIPC on waivers for Diasporans to boost FDIs
The Ghana Tourism Authority has disclosed that it has begun discussions with the Ghana Revenue Authority and the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) for the reintroduction of waivers on the registration of companies for Americans of Ghanaian descent. According to Chief Executive of the Ghana Tourism, Akwasi Agyemang, the move will serve as an incentive…