The maiden tour of the ‘Total-One-Day Tour’ was successfully implemented during the Christmas festivities as part of activities marking this year’s occasion by the Total Marketing and Tours Limited, organizers of the trip.
The tour which started from the Seat of Government in the Western Region (WRCC) went through the historical European Town in Sekondi through to Enam Ase, Essikado, Ngeresia, Essipong Stadium, Sekondi College, Inchaban Market and stopped on the Beposo Bridge to take a glance at the River Pra.
The tour was further extended to Komenda Junction, Eguafo Agona to Dwenase and ended in the forest village of Wasa Akutuase in the Wassa East District of the Western Region where the tourists visited the St Charles Catholic Church, as well as the Coconut, Rubber and the Oil Palm plantations and were briefed by opinion leaders on the Government’s forest resources.
The opinion leader also called for assistance from philanthropic organisations and asked for more scholarships and repair of their roads.
Cocoa beans management at the community level was displayed to the amazement of the tourists some of whom had never seen cocoa in its raw form before.
The maiden tour of the ‘Total-One-Day Tour’ attracted 17 tourists made of children, senior high school (SHS) students, university students and four professionals and private businessmen.
Mr Fred McBruce, a Director at the Total Marketing and Tours Limited commenting on the success of the maiden tour offered to give the St Charles Catholic Church a new facelift by painting the inside and outside of the Church whilst providing a new billboard for the Church.
He divulged that it was the hope of the company to undertake over thirty (30) of such educational and business initiative tours to generate interest towards rural living and to provide rural communities the opportunity to be showcased to the world.
Mr McBruce announced that the next trip of the tour will be held in the third week of January 2021 where they expect more people to come on board.
Story: Seth Ameyaw Danquah
