Tag: Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture
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Kumasi: Entertainment businesses seek Gov’t support as Covid-19 restrictions hit hard
Entertainment centres in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, have been counting their losses due to the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on their businesses, which has forced them to lay-off majority of their workers. As part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19, there have been a number of restrictions imposed on Ghanaians since March…
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Utilize $9m grant for SMEs in tourism efficiently to attract more support – Osafo Marfo
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo, has asked stakeholders tasked with the management and disbursement of the newly launched World Bank sponsored $9 million dollar Grant Scheme for Small and medium scale enterprises in the tourism sector, to be prudent as that will attract more support for the sector. The tourism sector, which made gains in…
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COVID-19: SMEs in tourism sector to benefit from $9m Grant Scheme
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, has launched a $ 9 million dollar Grant Scheme for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the tourism sector. The Scheme, earmarked for interventions to strengthen the industry severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, is under the Ghana Tourism Development Project, a world bank funded project. According to…
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COVID-19: Tourism and Hospitality industry to lose $171m in 4-months – Minister
Ghana’s tourism and hospitality industry is expected to record a hundred and seventy-one million dollar ($171 million) loss in revenue due to the adverse impact of coronavirus within four months. That’s according to the the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi. Speaking at the Information Ministry’s press briefing in Accra on Thursday…