Mrs Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, Minister for Tourism, Art and Culture has hinted that the Government is committed to resuscitating the tourism industry following the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Against this background, the Government will continue to ensure that industry players will continue to receive stimulus incentive packages to cushion them against the loss.
The Minister made this known during a three-day Senior Staff Conference of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) held in Takoradi on the theme, “Beyond the Return and COVID-19: Revamping the Tourists Industry”.
The conference which was attended by all the 11 administrative offices in Ghana deliberated on a clear-cut roadmap on how to revamp the tourism industry.
Mrs Oteng-Gyasi commended the readiness of industry players to follow guidelines on safety protocols to prevent the pandemic from escalating and urged them to work hard to recoup the loss during the COVID-19 period.
According to her, the COVID-19 pandemic was still rearing its ugly heads in other parts of the world which demanded strict compliance with the safety protocols.
Mr George Nkrumah Ansere, Western Regional Director of GTA said the Conference was among other things to encourage domestic tourism in the wake of the pandemic in the country, taking cognizance of the huge tourist potentials in the Region and Ghana as a whole.
He announced that hoteliers had started operations but with a bit of caution and commended the Government for the financial relief received through the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) to cushion players in the tourism industry.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the GTA, Mr Akwasi Agyemang said that his outfit would find ways to strengthen the already existing cordial relationship in the 10-Year Beyond the Return project implementation of the Single Window Project, the relaunch of the See-Ghana, Eat-Ghana, Wear-Ghana and Feel-Ghana projects.
He urged all the Senior Staff members to join the crusade of marketing Ghana to the outside world as a vision to build bridges, strengthen bonds and lay the foundations of the future of Ghana and Africa.
Story: Seth Ameyaw Danquah
