{"id":750024,"date":"2019-11-22T15:53:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/22\/gta-shuts-down-bad-hotels\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:53:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:53:31","slug":"gta-shuts-down-bad-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/22\/gta-shuts-down-bad-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA Shuts Down Bad Hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GTA officials closing down a hotel that is failing to meet the acceptable standards<\/strong><\/p>\n

SOME HOTELS in Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti Region, have been closed
\ndown because they are not operating in accordance with acceptable standards.<\/p>\n

The temporal
\nclosure of the hotels formed part of a three-day intensive exercise by the
\nGhana Tourism Authority (GTA) to ensure professionalism in the hotel industry.<\/p>\n

The exercise saw
\nofficials of the GTA in the Ashanti Region, making unannounced visits to
\nplayers in the hospitality industry in the city, made up of hotels and
\nrestaurants.<\/p>\n

During the
\nexercise, hotels and restaurants that were refusing to pay the one percent
\nTourism Levy were also not spared as punitive measures were instantly taken
\nagainst them.<\/p>\n

During the visits,
\nit was detected that some of the hotels, in particular, were not living up to
\nexpectation therefore the GTA was compelled to close them down immediately.<\/p>\n

The affected
\nhotels would only return to business, after they have corrected their mistakes
\nby working to improve their operations to meet the standards of the GTA.<\/p>\n

Prince Yaw Essah,
\nAdministrator of the Tourism Development Fund, said the exercise aimed to
\nensure excellent service delivery in the hospitality industry.<\/p>\n

He said hotels and
\nrestaurants in the city that defaulted in the payment of the tourism levy or
\noperated below the statutory safety and security standards would be punished.<\/p>\n

Yaw Essah stated
\nthat the one per cent Tourism Levy seeks to provide funding for tourism-related
\nprojects like capacity building, development of tourism infrastructure and
\nothers.<\/p>\n

He therefore sternly warned operators who had constantly refused to pay the levy to quickly change their minds and do the right thing, to avoid having issues with the law.<\/p>\n

FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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