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Navrongo Traditional Area launches Fao Festival

The chiefs and people of the Navrongo Traditional Area in the Kassena-Nankana East District have launched their annual Fao Festival aimed at bringing together the people to initiate development projects and activities for the ensuing years.…

Kurubi Festival prevents promiscuity

Nana Fanyinama III, Chief of Wangara (Wangara Wura), on Tuesday urged government to help promote traditional festivals to ensure that certain values and morals were upheld especially among the youth. She said festivals were also a way of…

Ghana Tourist Board trains lifeguards

The Ghana Tourists Board (GTB) is doing the necessary consultation to institutionalise the training of lifeguards or pool attendants, a requirement for the operation of all swimming pools in the country. Mr Frank Kofigah, Director of…

Stalling of $1.55b project locks 5000 tourism jobs

The late start of the $1.55 billion Gold Coast City Accra beach front development project, announced a year ago by the Strategic Initiatives Limited and its Partners has left more than 5000 tourism and affiliated jobs hanging in the…

Volta region said to abounds in tourism sites

Mr Kwame Gyasi, Volta Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), on Thursday, called for a conscious public-private interface in the development and expansion of tourism investment portfolios. He said this partnership would induce…