The Kenyan High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency (H.E) Eliphas Barine paid a courtesy call on the Hon. Minister at the ministry on Wednesday 19th June 2024. Kenya and Ghana have enjoyed strong bilateral relations that date back to the pre-colonial days when Ghana’s first President Kwame Nkrumah and Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta were united…
The Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Mark Okraku Mantey has opined the need for more collaboration and innovation in our endeavours to preserve and promote Ghana’s heritage He made these remarks at the presentation of the 2nd Edition of “A Panorama of Ghana’s Heritage,” at the George Padmore Library in Accra.…
The parents of the renowned dancers, Afronita and Abigail, visited the Ghana Tourism Authority on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. This visit followed their successful participation in the Britain’s Got Talent competition in the United Kingdom where they achieved Second Runner-Up. During their meeting, both families and the GTA team engaged in productive discussions and laid…
On the occasion of the 10th General Assembly Meeting of the 2003 Convention on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, the Minister for Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Hon. Andrew Egyapa Mercer made a call to safeguard our Intangible cultural heritage further as it drives sustainability and sustainable development. Intangible Cultural Heritage…
Ghana’s Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Andrew Egyapa Mercer has said, that Ghana’s Tourism space is open for more developmental collaboration and tourist patronage. He made these profound remarks when he addressed the 121st Executive Council meeting of the United Nations Tourism Council in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday 11th June 2024. While assuring the…
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…