{"id":462890,"date":"2018-02-09T03:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T03:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/akufo-addo-promises-heavy-tourism-investment-to-make-tourists-feel-at-home\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T03:30:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T03:30:27","slug":"akufo-addo-promises-heavy-tourism-investment-to-make-tourists-feel-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/akufo-addo-promises-heavy-tourism-investment-to-make-tourists-feel-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo promises heavy tourism investment to make tourists &#8216;feel at home&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday,  8 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/19945281.295.jpg\" alt=\"SONA 20183\" title=\"SONA 20183\" width=\"295\" height=\"149\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President  Akufo-Addo<\/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=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518147027_290_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has promised to revamp the tourism industry to make it a major revenue earner for the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said his government is determined to make the necessary investment and build the needed infrastructure to make Ghana the best tourism destination in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering his second State of Nation Address in Parliament Thursday, the president said by the end of his four-year term, tourists will be proud to visit the country.<\/p>\n<p>The direct contribution of travel and tourism to the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2016 was GHS4,972.9million, representing 3.0 percent of the total GDP.<\/p>\n<p>Figures by the World Travel and Tourism Council showed the sector&#8217;s contribution to GDP rose to 5.2 percent in 2017 with a forecast of 6.6 percent in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is ranked 101 out of 185 countries in the world whose economy heavily depends on revenues from the travel and tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p>But there are real infrastructural challenges that continue to affect the sector\u2019s development and contribution to the country\u2019s overall GDP.<\/p>\n<p>Roads leading to the major tourist site in the Central Region, Kakum National Park are in a bad state that tourists spend hours before getting there.<\/p>\n<p>But there are attempts to reposition the sector, create jobs and generate more revenue for the country.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2017, president Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the development of a 241 acre Accra coastlines into a multi-billion-dollar tourism enclave.<\/p>\n<p>The Marine Drive project first conceived by Ghana\u2019s first president Kwame Nkrumah in 1963 will cost $1.2billion to execute.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the project, he said the completion of the project will create thousands of jobs for the local community and across the value chain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It will also] position Ghana as a key tourism destination,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/RvBkZ4Uo-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; 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