Tag: Tourism Industry
The pandemic has put Europe’s tourism cash cow on life support
The recent consecutive boom years of Europe's tourism industry suffered a major blip in 2020, when pandemic travel restrictions left an otherwise rapidly growing...
Government Renews Commitment to Revamping Tourism Industry
The Government is committed to resuscitating the Tourism Industry following the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To this end, the government continues to ensure that...
CTI Ghana calls for digitization of Visas to boost tourism industry
CTI Ghana has identified five countries for Ghana to grant e-visas to, in order to facilitate access to visas, and boost the tourism industry....
ATTA-Ghana launched to boost tourism drive
African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA)-Ghana, a network of key players in the tourism industry, has been launched in Kumasi to encourage investment into...
UNWTO barometer shows enormous impacts of coronavirus on tourism industry
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has highlighted the enormous cost which the coronavirus pandemic brings to the global tourism sector, both in...
Ghana initiates “Decade of African Renaissance 2020-2030”
Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, on Thursday, announced in Accra that a 10 –year programme, called the “Decade of African Renaissance 2020-2030”...
Over 6,000 jobs lost in tourism industry in Mozambique due to COVID-19
The National Union of Hotel, Tourism and Similar Industry Workers (SINTIHOTS) of Mozambique said on Tuesday that 6,115 workers in the tourism sector had...
Accra Brewery donates nose masks to Tourism Ministry
The Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) has, presented 3,000 nose masks to the Ministry of Tourism, Creative Arts and Culture to be given to local...
Tanzanian minister calls for suspending self-isolation order for foreign tourists
Tanzanian tourism authorities have requested the government to suspend the 14-day mandatory self-isolation order for foreign tourists who come to the country so as...
Ministry to engage Government for stimulus support for tourism industry.
Mrs Barbara Oteng Gyasi, the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture said the ministry would engage government on a stimulus support...
Tourism industry moves to counter COVID-19 influence
By Yang Kunyi and Song Lin
As the current outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) continues to develop, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the...
Stakeholder deliberate on AfCFTA implementation
A nationwide consultation with Ghanaian private sector to access their readiness for AfCFTA implementation has begun in Accra.
The consultation is focusing on six sectors...
South African parliament calls for transforming tourism industry
South Africa's Parliament on Thursday called for the transformation of the tourism industry so as to allow more black ownership.
The...
Tourism Guide Newspaper Unveiled In Accra
The Forest Green Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority and the Accra City Hotel has unveiled the Hospitality and Tourism...
Ghana’s Tourism Industry Could Do Better With Some Added Value
‘’Our heritage won for us; through the toil of our fathers’’ - These are powerful words from the national pledge of Ghana. The heritage...
Outlined solutions to address Ghana’s many problems in tourism
According to the recently released hospitality report for Ghana, Tourism contributed 7.8% of the country’s GDP for last year. Tourism also ranked fourth on...
Ghana’s economic sustainability depends greatly on tourism
Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry Murtala Mohammed Ibrahim stressed that the industry was a huge economic sector.
"It is very important...
Ghana Participating In ITB Fair In Berlin
This comes after two impressive showings at the just ended Vakantiebeurs Tourism Fair and the FITUR International FAIR in Netherlands and Spain respectively where...
New government tax displaces Zimbabwe’s tourism industry
According to the study of Zimbabwe Council for Tourism (ZCT) early this week, increasing the accommodation costs by more than five percent would see...
Indonesia beat their target in tourist visits in 2015
In Bali, the center of country's tourism industry, foreign tourist arrivals rose by 6.65 percent from a year earlier to 363,800 in December, said...
China To Invest 20% More In Tourism Industry
Investment will rise to 1.2 trillion yuan (180 billion U.S. dollars) and revenue to 4.55 trillion yuan, said Li Jinzao, head of the National...
Heading for the 2016 polls in Ghana
THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
Tourism as an industry may not have been sufficiently developed to attract the sort of international patronage required of Ghana, a major...
Ghana Entrepreneur Awards 2016 Opens Nomination
The dead line for the entries to be nominated for the Ghana most prestigious awards for entrepreneurs is 31st January 2016.
A statement issued in...
Egypt ushers in New Year with fireworks in attempt to stimulate tourism industry
by Ahmed Shafiq
Standing near Egypt's most renowned tourist attraction, large crowds of Egyptians and foreign tourists as...
Turkey tourism industry could see stormy weather this summer
The tourism industry in Turkey could see stormy weather this summer with a sharp slowdown in arrivals from Russia and some European countries, combined...
South African government says will not review new visa regulations
South Africa's department of tourism said on Monday that there will not be a review of the new visa regulations which have raised controversy...
South Africa?s tourism industry to experience a crash
South Africa's tourism sector looks set for a slump following the recent spate of xenophobic violence which hit parts of the country last month....
Efficiency is key in ensuring organisational effectiveness
By Samuel Kwasi Obeng.
Efficiency is very key in ensuring the effectiveness of an organisation. That is, if an organisation would be able to achieve...
The Tourism Industry And The Stability Of The Cedi.
By Samuel Kwasi Obeng.
One of the key indicators of a strong economy is the performance of a currency in the exchange rate market. A...
Sarawak tourism potentials unveiled
The tourism industry in Sarawak is in the spotlight as sporting events and cultural festivals are being showcased as part of the wider Visit...