Ghana’s tourism sector worth $2.1b in 2012 – WEF
Ghana’s travel and tourism sector is valued at $2.102 billion in 2012, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has estimated.
The value of the sector is 5.2% of Ghana’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the year 2012, the WEF reported in the 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index released last week.
According to the WEF, 255 jobs representing 4.5% were created in the industry out of 1000 jobs in 2012.
It forecasts that Ghana’s tourism sector will contribute 5.4% to GDP from 2013 to 2022.
Ghana received an amount of $694 million from international tourism receipts, the report indicated.
By Ekow Quandzie