The Western Region is poised to strategically position itself to leapfrog other regions to become the preferred tourism destination in Ghana.<\/p>\n Subsequently, the Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has assured that the region would continue to pursue deliberate activities to ensure that the vision is achieved.<\/p>\n He believes that activities such as the masquerade festivities could be a tool to leverage to promote tourism and development.<\/p>\n Mr Darko-Mensah was speaking to the media on his assessment of the celebration of Christmas festivities in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, saying it was very successful.<\/p>\n He said the vision had been to ensure that people visited the region all year round.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have proved that Sekondi-Takoradi and, for that matter, the Western Region is the best place to celebrate Christmas,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n He expressed the resolve of the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to solicit support from the private sector to develop the tourist sites such as the forts and castles.<\/p>\n Mr Darko-Mensah said efforts were being made to secure funds to construct and rehabilitate roads leading to tourist sites in the region.<\/p>\n The Western Region is home to some of the country\u2019s richest culture, beautiful beaches, and, most importantly, significant history.<\/p>\n It could boast of Fort Metal Cross, Akatekyi Crocodile Pond, Busua Beach, Nzulezu (architecture on water), Bia National Park, and Cape Three Points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah The Western Region is poised to strategically position itself to leapfrog other regions to become the preferred tourism destination in Ghana. Subsequently, the Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has assured that the region would continue to pursue deliberate activities to ensure that the vision is achieved. He believes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":709001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-736152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Western](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/30583232.295.jpg\" "\\"Western")
Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n