{"id":443182,"date":"2011-06-17T16:59:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T16:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/17\/ghana-tourist-board-warns-against-destruction-of-monumental-buildings\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T16:59:53","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T16:59:53","slug":"ghana-tourist-board-warns-against-destruction-of-monumental-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/ghana-tourist-board-warns-against-destruction-of-monumental-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Tourist Board warns against destruction of monumental buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"62.5150454864\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/tourism\/\" title=\"View all posts in Tourism\" rel=\"category tag\">Tourism<\/a> \u00bb Ghana Tourist Board warns against destruction of monumental buildings<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Friday, June 17, 2011 16:16 PM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Nkrumah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58978\" title=\"Nkrumah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Nkrumah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) has appealed to the Museums and Monuments Board to act firmly to halt the destruction of monumental buildings across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Those building, it noted, were relevant not only to the preservation of the nation\u2019s cultural heritage, traditional architectural designs but also served as important tourist attraction sites.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ekow Sampson, Ashanti Regional Manager of the Board, said this at the opening session of a two-day workshop organized for selected journalists in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>It is part of their efforts at helping to build the capacity of the media to enable them to report accurately on tourism and its related issues.<\/p>\n<p>He urged journalists to support the GTB to highlight the advantages of those buildings and their importance to the architectural industry.<\/p>\n<p>The Regional Manager described as unfortunate the way some leaders, motivated by greed and in the name of modernity, were recklessly leveling cherished historic buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sampson said it should not be lost on anyone that the tourism industry could make significant impact on the socio-economic development of rural areas, less developed and remote but endowed with huge resources.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/06\/17\/ghana-tourist-board-warns-against-destruction-of-monumental-buildings\/\" title=\"Ghana Tourist Board warns against destruction of monumental buildings\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana Tourist Board warns against destruction of monumental buildings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Tourism \u00bb Ghana Tourist Board warns against destruction of monumental buildings Page last updated at Friday, June 17, 2011 16:16 PM \/\/ The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) has appealed to the Museums and Monuments Board to act firmly to halt the destruction of monumental buildings across the country. 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