Two British tourists are travelling by bicycle from London to other parts of the world to raise funds in support of Childreach International, an international non-governmental organization (NGO).
Alan Wells, 25, and Ian Mowbray-Williams, 24, who are expected to raise 10,000 pounds have spent 150 days roving since they left London on May 31, this year.
The [...]

Nana Kofi Ansah II, Chief of Mpakadan in the Akwamu Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, has appealed to the Ministry of Tourism, to exploit the immense tourism potential in the area.
He said the development of tourism, would go a long way to create job opportunities to the unemployment youth in the Asuogyaman District.
Nana Ansah [...]

The Ghana Tourist Board has warned persons who publish unauthorized maps and tourist destination guides to desist from the practice.
The board said a study of a few of the materials it had gathered showed wrong spelling of the names of tourist sites as well as poor drawing of maps to some of the destinations.
A senior [...]

Mrs. Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Minister of Tourism, on Monday announced the discovery of a special medicinal honey at Kakum National Park and said this would add another activity for tourists who visited the park.
The honey which was extracted from a kind of bees which did not sting, was said to be used to cure several ailments, [...]

Mrs Juliana Azumah Mensah, Minister of Tourism, on Wednesday, expressed concern about the lack of awareness of the potentials the tourism sector contributes to the national economy.
She therefore called on sector players to intensify the awareness on the contribution of the sector for the industry to receive the necessary support and attention it required from [...]

Accra, March 5, GNA – A total amount of 3,757,185 Ghana Cedis has been allocated the tourism sector to enable it to effectively perform. In the budget statement presented to parliament on Thursday by Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, said out of the allocation, the Government of Ghana was providing 3,372,185 [...]

Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday asked operators in the tourism business to help transform the industry into a job creating one by forging partnership with the government in developing policies that would promote the growth of the sector.He said operators must strategically devise ways of creating jobs instead of focusing solely on attracting [...]

GLAHCO Limited, Owners of Golden Tulip Accra, are investing US$15 million in the total refurbishment of the hotel’s 234 rooms and supporting facilities.
The refurbishment and, reconfiguration works start on Monday, February 16, 2009. On completion, Golden Tulip Accra, which is the landmark investment of GLAHCO and one of the leading hotels in Ghana, will be [...]

Last year, CAN 2008 sank US$824,000 into Ghana’s economy and increased tourist arrivals by 19%.
A recent survey undertaken by the Ghana Tourist Board on the impact of CAN 2008 on the country’s tourism industry indicates that more than US$824,000 was sunk into the Ghanaian economy during the recently-held Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Ghana.
The [...]

Ho, Jan 26, GNA – Mrs Juliana Azumah Mensah, Tourism Minister-designate on Monday indicated her resolve to see more tourists coming into the country once she took office.
She said she was fast studying her ministry to know its current position and to combine it with her experiences as a frequent traveller to make the country [...]