Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, (left), welcoming President Akufo-Addo at the Presidential Summit On Tourism at the Peduase Lodge President Akufo-Addo says his administration has placed tourism at the forefront of national development because of the sector’s economic and job creation potential. According to President Akufo-Addo, it is estimated that…
A stakeholder consultative meeting for the Entertainment industry was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration and attended by prominent personalities from Ghana’s Film sector to interact with representatives from the Cultural Department of the United States Embassy in Accra on Wednesday 10th May 2023. One of the critical issues discussed during…
Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mark Okraku-Mantey on Wednesday, April 26th,2023 cut the sod for the construction of an ultra-modern open-air amphitheater at the Centre for National Culture in Kumasi. Speaking at the venue, Mr. Okraku-Mantey reiterated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has the Creative Industry at heart saying, the amphitheater will act…
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture on Thursday, April 27, 2023, organized a training programme for 3,000 drivers at the KNUST Commercial area in Kumasi. The programme which was organized to equip the drivers with the skills needed to improve the tourism sector was executed by the Ghana Tourism Development Company (GTDC), an agency…
The Minister for Tourism, Arts, and Culture (MoTAC) Dr Mohammed Ibrahim Awal says his outfit has set a three (3) million-dollar revenue target from tourism-related activities for 2023. He added that the revenue projection is to be made from 1.5 million tourists expected to visit the country. Dr Awal made this comment at a staff…
A Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of the signed agreement on cooperation in the field of tourism between the Government of the Republic of Ghana and the Government of the Republic of South Africa was launched by the Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture, Ghana, and the Department of Tourism, South Africa on 27th March, 2023…
A team of Researchers, Administrators and advisory Board Members from the Sena Institute of Technology on Monday 20th March 2023 paid a courtesy call on the Chief Director of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC), Mr John Yao Agbeko in Accra. The purpose of the meeting was to seek collaboration with the Ministry…
The Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture (MoTAC) and its agencies in collaboration with the MasterCard Foundation, held a meeting on Friday 27th January 2023 in Accra at the Alisa Hotel, North Ridge to enable the Foundation to have a better understanding of the Tourism sector, identify gaps as well as assist in addressing the…
The Ghana Tourism Development Project (GTDP) Mail Volume 1, Issue 2 for December 2022 is out and can be downloaded at the link indicated above. Look out for other editions of the newsletter for updates on project-related developments. Ghana Tourism Development Project (GTDP) Mail will be published quarterly by the Project Coordinating Unit (PCU) to share…
