{"id":449450,"date":"2017-12-22T22:40:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T22:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/gta-interacts-with-informal-tourism-sector\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T22:40:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T22:40:40","slug":"gta-interacts-with-informal-tourism-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/gta-interacts-with-informal-tourism-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA interacts with informal tourism sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 22 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Herman Kwame Kumatsey<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/75466782.295.jpg\" alt=\"Jhgf.jpeg\" title=\"Jhgf.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Akwasi Agyeman, CEO of GTA with some members of the informal sector<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513982440_414_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has held a consultative meeting with officials of the various associations classified as Informal establishments.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting held in conjunction with the Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF) was to discuss issues of mutual importance and how the various associations can work together to improve Ghana&#8217;s Tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Executive Officer of GTA, Akwasi Agyeman, indicated &#8221; the informal sector operators are key stakeholders in our quest to build industry capacity and such interactions will become a regular feature of our actions to enhance  dialogue and deepen collaboration &#8220;. He said the Authority has put in place measures to train, offer technical support and provide advisory services  to the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Okatakyie Nana Anim, President of Ghatof commended the management of GTA for their proactiveness in seeking dialogue with all segments of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>At the forum, the payment of Tourism Development levies by the informal sector was discussed and a consensus was reached on the payment of flat fees by operators in the sector. 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