Category: Ghana travel news
Ghana Travel & Tourism News for visitors. Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.
Former President of Ghana dies from COVID-19
Chief Assignment Editor- November 12, 2020 19:07Jerry Rawlings, the ex-President of Ghana, has reportedly passed away from the complications of coronavirus infection. According to the reports, the former president died in the early hours of Thursday, ... Read More
Ghana’s international airport re-opening: PCR test required for all new arrivals
Harry S. Johnson- August 28, 2020 22:37The officials at Ghana's major international travel hub, Kotoka International Airport, have announced that all new international arrivals will be required to take a PCR test. The test could be ... Read More
Ghana Tourism wants Americans to stay for good
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 19, 2020 20:21Why not visit Ghana and stay forever? In times of COVID-19, the government of Ghana began intensively lobbying Black Americans to resettle in Africa last year, the country’s tourism minister ... Read More
The biggest urban music beach festival in the world
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 22, 2020 04:32The Ghana Tourism Authority, on behalf of the Government of Ghana, and Event Horizon, Organisers of the Afro-Nation Festival, on Monday, 20th January 2020, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for ... Read More
South Africa’s Tourism Minister to visit Ghana
eTN Managing Editor- November 24, 2019 15:43The South African Tourism Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, will in the coming week, embark on a working visit to Ghana and Nigeria. The Minister will spend two-days in Accra attending the ... Read More
African Travel Times reveals names of its 2019 Awards Nominees
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 22, 2019 07:17African Travel Times, West Africa’s only monthly travel and tourism magazine and a member of the African Tourism Board has revealed names of its 2019 Awards Nominees, billed for Sunday, ... Read More
African Sports Tourism Week Ghana 2019 gathers momentum
Alain St.Ange- September 10, 2019 02:13Tourism is the crossing of borders for an experience. Sports Tourism is one such activity bringing so many to cross borders as they are counted today as Sports Tourism Delegates. ... Read More
African Tourism Board: The Need for Greater Industry Synergy in West Africa
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 24, 2019 04:30The 2019 IATA’s Regional Aviation Forum is being held at the Marriott Hotel in Accra, Ghana. On Tuesday Alain St.Ange, President of the African Tourism Board and the former Tourism, ... Read More
Iran – Ghana signs MOU on tourism and free trade zone cooperation
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 23, 2019 21:46The deputy head of the Supreme Council of Iran's Free Trade, Industrial and Special Economic Zones for cultural, tourism and industry affairs, Mohammad Reza Rostami, referred to capabilities of Ghana ... Read More
Canadians rescued by SWAT and safe after abduction in Ghana
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 12, 2019 08:05National Security Operatives in Ghana completed an operation which successfully rescued the two Canadian women recently abducted in the Ashanti Region. The operation was conducted in the early hours of ... Read More
Ghana Remains Safe: African Tourism Board Rapid Response Team offers assistance
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 11, 2019 22:16Ghana remains sage, security remains vigilant according to a statement issued by Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information for the Republic of Ghana. This was in response to a ... Read More
African Tourism Board President will speak at the IATA Regional Aviation Forum in Ghana
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 24, 2019 06:16The African Tourism Board knows the importance of connectivity for the growing travel and tourism industry to the continent. African Tourism Board objective is to sell Africa as a shared ... Read More
ATTES: Changing the Face of Africa together with the African Tourism Board
Dr. Darlington Muzeza- May 14, 2019 01:49The African Tourism Board is planning to partner with Africa’s Trade, Transport and Energy Summit (ATTES) to make sure travel and tourism are not overlooked by the largest summit ever held in Africa. ... Read More
Ghana Tourism makes money on selfies
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 21, 2019 21:16Ghana Tourism is a big business and full of surprises. This is also true for Mr Guru, Ghanaian, a comedian who went to Facebook after being asked to pay GH¢4.00 ... Read More
Emirates and Africa World Airlines ink interline agreement
Chief Assignment Editor- April 16, 2019 15:11Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, and Africa World Airlines (AWA), the Ghanaian airline headquartered in Accra, have announced a one-way interline agreement whereby Emirates customers can connect onto selected ... Read More
Nonstop between Washington Dulles and Acrra, Ghana grows on SAA
editor- April 3, 2019 02:07Starting today, South African Airways (SAA) has increased its frequency on nonstop flights between Washington, D.C.-Dulles International Airport and Accra’s Kotoka International Airport to 5 days weekly. SAA offers the ... Read More
Ghana Tourism over Mining? Should Atewa Forest Reserve be a National Park?
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 31, 2019 06:52In Ghana, a Rocha Ghana and Concerned Citizens of Atewa Landscape (CCLA), both non-governmental organizations (NGOs), have urged the government to designate the Atewa Forest Reserve as a national park, ... Read More
Ghana beefs up leisure tourism
editor- January 29, 2019 21:16According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) leisure travel spending (inbound and domestic) generated 66.5% of direct Travel & Tourism GDP in 2017 (GHC6, 854.3mn) compared with 33.5% ... Read More
Ghana welcomes back people of African origin this year
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 19, 2019 01:28Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo has designated the year 2019. Read More
South African Airways boosts its US-Ghana service
Chief Assignment Editor- January 2, 2019 18:05The flag carrier airline of South Africa, South African Airways (SAA), today announced that it will increase the frequency on direct nonstop flights between Washington, D.C.-Dulles International Airport and Accra’s ... Read More
Ghanaian Tourism Ambassador: Sex is a tourism booster
Chief Assignment Editor- December 27, 2018 00:30Ghanaian radio and TV presenter, Abeiku Aggrey Santana, who in 2016 was announced as a Tourism Ambassador for Ghana, has stressed the need to encourage and promote sex as a ... Read More
African Tourism Partners steps up Africa Travel & Tourism Master Classes
editor- December 4, 2018 12:59Africa Tourism Partners (ATP) will host its Africa Travel and Tourism Marketing Master Class and Business/MICE Travel Connection in Johannesburg Read More
Protea Hotels by Marriott to open its second hotel in Ghana
Chief Assignment Editor- November 20, 2018 08:10Protea Hotels by Marriott, part of Marriott International, Inc., announced the signing of Protea Hotel by Marriott Accra, Kotoka Airport, the brand’s second hotel in Ghana and the first Protea ... Read More
Ghana Minister of Tourism joins African Tourism Board
editor- October 31, 2018 13:58The African Tourism Board has appointed the Hon. Catherine Ablema Afeku, Minister of Tourism Ghana, to the African Tourism Board (ATB). She will serve on the Board of Sitting Ministers ... Read More
Hahn Air Group: A20 new partners implemented
editor- October 18, 2018 09:05Hahn Air has already integrated 20 new carriers into its global network of more than 350 air, rail and shuttle partners by the end of the third quarter of this ... Read More
First Pullman Hotel announced for Ghana
editor- October 2, 2018 09:48AccorHotels and Platinum Properties Limited Ltd., the Project Company of the Pullman Accra Airport City, have announced the signing of a landmark agreement for Pullman Accra Airport City, the country’s ... Read More
First Pullman Hotel in Ghana
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 2, 2018 04:03AccorHotels, andPlatinum Properties Limited Ltd, the Project Company of the Pullman Accra Airport City, have announced the signing of a landmark agreement for Pullman Accra Airport City, the country’s first Pullman branded ... Read More
Hilton on track to more than double its footprint in Africa
Dmytro Makarov- October 1, 2018 09:15As it continues to grow its presence in Africa by introducing new brands and entering new countries, Hilton (NYSE:HLT) today announced it is on track to more than double in ... Read More
WTM Chief Carol Weaving introduces African Tourism Board to African Leadership Forum
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 3, 2018 06:48Carol Weaving, managing director of Reed Exhibition is the latest board member of the newly founded African Tourism Board (ATB) On Friday she addressed delegates attending the African Leadership Forum ... Read More
First Africa Tourism Leadership Awards announces short-listed finalists
editor- August 14, 2018 19:54Finalists in all 9 categories of the inaugural Africa Tourism Leadership Awards were announced by the Co-chairs of the awards committee. Read More
Ghana Tourism Minister: Now a board member of the African Tourism Board
editor- August 9, 2018 22:16The Hon. Catherine Ablema Afeku, Minister of Tourism for Ghana, recently joined the African Tourism Board (ATB) as a board member. Read More
Africa Tourism Leadership Forum set to offer experiential learning in business and MICE tourism
editor- August 3, 2018 22:39Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions and events (MICE) remain key pillars in development across Africa tourism. Read More
Prof. Marina Novelli, University of Brighton, to lead Product Development Masterclass at 1st Africa Tourism Leadership Forum
editor- August 1, 2018 03:11Prof. Marina Novelli, University of Brighton, has been chosen to lead the Sustainable Tourism Masterclass at Africa Tourism Leadership Forum. Read More
Influential tourism industry experts to speak at Africa Tourism Leadership Forum
editor- July 23, 2018 20:41The upcoming Africa Tourism Leadership Forum is a dedicated Pan-African private-public tourism forum supported by the African Tourism Board. Read More
Ghana Minister for Aviation meets Alain St.Ange from Seychelles
Dmytro Makarov- July 22, 2018 20:47Hon Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the Minister for Aviation of the Republic of Ghana was the proud host of the Routes Africa 2018 that was held in Ghana with the Ghana ... Read More
Uganda Tourism and Seychelles Tourism Consultant discuss Brand Africa and cooperation
editor- July 19, 2018 23:34Dr. Wasswa Tom Davis, Uganda Tourism Board member and a Manager at Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, and Alain St.Ange met in Ghana. Read More