Ghana Tourism Authority

The Ghana Tourism Authority is a Ghanaian state agency under the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts responsible for the regulation of tourism in Ghana by marketing, promoting, licensing, classifying, researching and developing tourism facilities and services in the country.[1]

Ghana Tourism Authority
Agency overview
Formed1960
JurisdictionGovernment of Ghana
Headquarters2nd Ave., South Ridge, 2 Haile Selassie St, Accra
Websitewww.ghana.travel

History

The Ghana Tourism Authority was established in 1960 as the Ghana Tourist Board.[2] The board was renamed as the Ghana Tourism Authority in 2011 under act 817. The act extended the tasks of the agency to overseeing the implementation of government policies in the industry. The act also makes the agency a fully fledged income generating authority by establishing a fund to which every tourism business is required to contribute one percent (1%) of its revenue for tourism development.[3][4]

Notable Initiatives

The Ghana Tourism Authority has instituted some days annually to celebrate various themes in the country.

Initiative Commemoration Year instituted Date of Celebration
National Chocolate Day[5] Valentines Day (Love) 2005[5] 10 February - 14 February
Year of Return[6] 400 years since the first slave ships landed in the Americas 2018 2019

References
  1. "Ghana Tourism Authority". Ghana Tourism Authority. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. Pike, Steven (14 December 2015). Destination Marketing: Essentials. Routledge. p. 30.
  3. Oxford Business Group (2012). The Report: Ghana 2012. p. 203.
  4. Reed, Ann (27 August 2014). Pilgrimage Tourism of Diaspora Africans to Ghana. Routledge. p. 63.
  5. "Chocolate Day". Visit Ghana. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  6. Editor (13 March 2019). "Year of Return - Ghana 2019". touringghana.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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