{"id":248672,"date":"2024-11-11T06:20:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T06:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T06:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T06:20:06","slug":"ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana&#8217;s educational appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed plans to introduce an innovative \u201cedutourism\u201d initiative aimed at attracting international students and educators to Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This new programme is designed to combine educational opportunities with cultural experiences, presenting Ghana as a vibrant destination for learning and exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cedutourism\u201d initiative will enable international students to engage in academic programmes within Ghana, while simultaneously immersing themselves in the nation\u2019s rich history and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By blending education with cultural tourism, the programme seeks to enhance Ghana\u2019s global appeal as a centre for both learning and cultural exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on behalf of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, in Accra on Sunday, Dr. Adutwum shared details about how this initiative would create unique opportunities for students worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He explained that participants would not only gain academic experience but also have the chance to connect with Ghanaian traditions, customs, and historical landmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Dr Adutwum, the edutourism programme reflects the government\u2019s commitment to promoting Ghana as a hub for educational excellence and cultural enrichment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He expressed optimism that the initiative would foster greater international partnerships in education while supporting tourism and showcasing Ghana\u2019s diverse heritage on a global platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to position Ghana as a premier destination for educational tourism,\u201d he stated. \u201cThis initiative will not only enhance our educational offerings but also promote cultural exchange and economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed plans to introduce an innovative \u201cedutourism\u201d initiative aimed at attracting international students and educators to Ghana. This new programme is designed to combine educational opportunities with cultural experiences, presenting Ghana as a vibrant destination for learning and exploration. The \u201cedutourism\u201d initiative will enable international students to engage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana&#039;s educational appeal - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana&#039;s educational appeal - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed plans to introduce an innovative \u201cedutourism\u201d initiative aimed at attracting international students and educators to Ghana. This new programme is designed to combine educational opportunities with cultural experiences, presenting Ghana as a vibrant destination for learning and exploration. The \u201cedutourism\u201d initiative will enable international students to engage [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-11T06:20:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-64.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"854\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana&#8217;s educational appeal\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-11T06:20:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":273,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/image-64.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana's educational appeal - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/image-64.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-11T06:20:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/image-64.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/image-64.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":854},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/11\\\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana&#8217;s educational appeal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana's educational appeal - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana's educational appeal - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed plans to introduce an innovative \u201cedutourism\u201d initiative aimed at attracting international students and educators to Ghana. This new programme is designed to combine educational opportunities with cultural experiences, presenting Ghana as a vibrant destination for learning and exploration. The \u201cedutourism\u201d initiative will enable international students to engage [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-11-11T06:20:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":854,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-64.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana&#8217;s educational appeal","datePublished":"2024-11-11T06:20:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/"},"wordCount":273,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-64.png","articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/","name":"Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana's educational appeal - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-64.png","datePublished":"2024-11-11T06:20:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-64.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-64.png","width":1280,"height":854},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/11\/ghana-to-introduce-edutourism-aims-to-boost-ghanas-educational-appeal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana to introduce Edutourism; aims to boost Ghana&#8217;s educational appeal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}