On Tuesday, the 13th of December 2022, The Ministry of Tourism organized a consultative Stakeholder Engagement Workshop at Ell king Hotel, East Legon in Accra to review a draft policy on the sector. Stakeholders were from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), as well as the Academia and the Private sector. The aim of the workshop…
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) has organised a two-day training workshop for tourism officers and other management staff in Aburi. The training which was held from 10th -11th November 2022 had the theme “Tourism in Contemporary Times”. Speaking at the opening session, Mr John Yao Agbeko, Chief Director of the Ministry said…
The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Honourable Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal has said that the December in GH activities is expected to rake in Two Hundred Million Dollars as revenue to the Country. He made this statement in Accra on Monday 14th November 2022 during the unveiling of the December in GH Magazine. Dr…
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) organized a day’s workshop for Industry players and stakeholders in the creative economy dubbed “Pensions Conversation’’. The event, which took place in Accra on Friday, November 4th, 2022, was aimed at sensitizing members of the Arts and Culture fraternity on the importance of enrolling on an insurance…
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and culture (MOTAC) in collaboration with the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has organised a two-day workshop for selected staff of MOTAC, agencies and GSS to review the questionnaire developed for the data collection on the Arts and Culture industry in Ghana. The workshop was held in Accra from Monday 24th…
The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC), Hon. Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal said that in line with the Government’s quest to make the tourism sector the number one contributor of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2025, funds have been made available through the World Bank Tourism Development Project to develop tourist attraction sites. He…
The United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) World Tourism Day is observed every year on September 27 with the aim of fostering awareness among the international community about the importance of Tourism and its social, economic, political, and cultural values. The National Celebration is being hosted today, 27th September in the Upper West Region, Wa, under…
The Ghana Tourism Development Project (GTDP) Mail for August 2022, Volume 1, Issue 1 is out and can be downloaded at the link indicated above. Look out for a special edition of the newsletter for updates on the grants awards and other project-related developments. Ghana Tourism Development Project (GTDP) Mail will be published quarterly by…
Ghana Tourism Development Project (GTDP) The Tourism Development Project is being implemented by the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MoTAC) with funding from the World Bank. Project Details → Original Project Amount: USD 40.0m → Approval Date: 13/07/2018 → Signing Date: 12/12/2018 → Effectiveness Date:…
The sod cutting ceremony for the rehabilitation and modernisation of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park (KNMP) project took place on Tuesday, 19th July 2022 at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Accra. The project aims to create job opportunities and boost tourism in Accra. Dr Mohammed Awal, Hon. Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture in…