{"id":427758,"date":"2017-10-11T22:49:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T22:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/11\/beachfront-tourism-enclave-to-be-developed-in-accra-veep\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T22:49:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T22:49:51","slug":"beachfront-tourism-enclave-to-be-developed-in-accra-veep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/11\/beachfront-tourism-enclave-to-be-developed-in-accra-veep\/","title":{"rendered":"Beachfront tourism enclave to be developed in Accra \u2013 Veep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Wednesday, 11 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/99636077.295.jpg\" alt=\"Veep Straw\" title=\"Veep Straw\" width=\"295\" height=\"150\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Dr. Bawumia with Former UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507762191_688_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A beachfront tourism enclave is to be developed along the coast of Accra to meet the needs of the business community and tourists, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced.<\/p>\n<p>When completed, he said, the enclave, to be established on a 97.5-hectare stretch of land, would host more than 70 world-class hotels, amusement and theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, conference halls, an amphitheatre, a cultural village and concourses.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the opening of the World Tourism Forum dubbed: \u2018The Africa Summit\u2019 in Accra yesterday, the Vice-President said the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and its implementing agencies \u2014 the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Ghana Tourist Development Company (GTDC) \u2014 were spearheading the Marine Drive investment project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strategy is to build on a solid base and expand tourism across the country and into new market segments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bawumia said there was the need for tourism industry players to work hard and participate in the project.<\/p>\n<p>The World Tourism Forum &#8211; Africa Summit is a global event established to bring experts, enthusiasts, key players and stakeholders in the tourism industry together to promote investment and fill a gap in the international tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p>The event has enjoyed steady growth each year since its inception in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Topics for this year\u2019s event include \u201cDestination management, heritage tourism, tourism investments\u201d and \u201cOnline tourism and adventure tourism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>Infrastructure<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe in Africa are already blessed with a conducive climate and rich natural resources. Eco-tourism should, therefore, come easy to us once we focus on building the right infrastructure, as well as bolster security within our borders, so that tourists to our countries remain safe and protected,\u201d the Vice-President said.<\/p>\n<p>He said Ghana was currently collaborating with other West African countries to facilitate the movement of goods and services within the sub-region as part of the continental initiative to facilitate visa-free movement in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In that regard, he said, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration was seriously working on the issuance of E-visas. The goal, he said, was to make Ghana among the top preferred tourist destinations globally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese well-known and preferred tourist destinations worked hard to set themselves apart from other nations. Ghana will take heed from such best practices to become a household name in the tourism industry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bawumia said the government was also focused on improving infrastructure within the sector through investment and pursuing mutually beneficial partnerships with investors and other nations in sub-Saharan Africa to expand the market.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tourism\u2019s contribution<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Catherine Afeku, said Ghana had seen a rise in tourist arrivals from 286,600 in 1995 to about 1.2 million in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism alone, she said, contributed about three per cent to gross domestic product (GDP) and provided about 450,000 jobs in 2016, with indirect multiplier effects.<\/p>\n<p>She said the expected growth path of the tourism sector, according to the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP), was to more than double tourism revenue from the current $2.2 million to $8.38 billion by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve that ambitious target, she said, the government had set itself on a path of providing a conducive environment for tourism investments, easing business pressure on tourism business operators and the re-introduction of appropriate incentives to boost growth.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Wednesday, 11 October 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-10-11 Dr. Bawumia with Former UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw &#13; A beachfront tourism enclave is to be developed along the coast of Accra to meet the needs of the business community and tourists, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced. 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