On the sidelines of the 121st Executive Council Meeting of the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Andrew Egyapa Mercer, held talks with the Spanish Secretary of State for Industry and Tourism, Rosario Sánchez Grau. The crux of the bilateral talks bordered on the draft Memorandum of…
The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture and MP for Sekondi, Hon. Andrew Egyapa Mercer has made his debut at the United Nations Tourism Executive Council’s 121st session which commenced Monday 10th June 2024 in Spain. The Executive Council is the body of the United Nations responsible for the implementation of its decisions and recommendations of the Assembly…
As part of the National Tree Planting Day celebrations, the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) observed the day with a tree-planting exercise at the Head Office on Tuesday, 7th June 2024. This year’s celebration theme is Growing for a Greener Tomorrow”. The tree planting exercise was led by the Minister of Tourism Arts and Culture,…
A team from the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), the Ghana Navy, and the Ghana Maritime Academy (GMA) met at the GTA head office on Thursday, June 6, 2024, to discuss the potential for marketing the Centre of the World both domestically and internationally. The team, a Technical Committee on Maritime Tourism, was constituted following…
In line with ensuring proper accountability of assets in the tourism space, the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Andrew Egyapa Mercer received in his office on 4th June 2024, a joint monitoring team from the World Heritage Centre, International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and International Centre for the Study of the…
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MoTAC) has organized a two-day leadership training for its Senior Management Staff in Accra, which was aimed at building capacity for effective service delivery. The training was dubbed ‘Leadership and Good Governance, an Effective Tool for Organizational Management’ and was held from the 22nd and 23rd of May…
The team of Ghanaians who covered 10,000 kilometres journey by road from Accra to London in 2023, called on the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Egyapa Mercer. The team, which was represented by Kwabena Peprah and Ebenezer Saka Addo-Mensah informed the Hon. Minister of their upcoming 30,000km Accra-Paris-Dubai-Mombasa-Cape Town road trip. The two…
The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Andrew Egyapa Mercer has expressed the government’s commitment to a strong partnership with Grenada on the lines of creative arts. He made these comments when he met the Prime Minister of Grenada, Hon. Dickon Mitchell (MP) on the 17th of May 2024. Hon. Mercer recounted the signing…
The fifth Public Private Partnership Forum for the tourism sector was held on May 16th, 2024, in Koforidua. The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) organised the meeting in partnership with the Development Bank of Ghana (DAB) and the Tour Operators Union of Ghana. There were key outcomes aimed at supporting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in…
The representative of the President at the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and MP for Sekondi, Hon. Egyapa Mercer has underscored his interest in ensuring the creative arts space is made more vibrant. He made these remarks when he was called on at the Ministry by Ghanaian dance sensation, Ms. Danita Akosua Adomah Yeboah,…