Ghana Tourism 2019

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Maharashtra tourism jobs 2018. The ghana tourism authority reports that there have already been 750000 foreign visitors in 2019 and that number is expected to top 1m before the year ends that is according to forbes. In 2011 forbes magazine published that ghana was ranked the eleventh most friendly country in the worldthe assertion was based on a survey in 2010 of a cross section of travelers. The year of return ghana 2019 was a major landmark marketing campaign targeting the african american and diaspora market to mark 400 years of the first enslaved african arriving in jamestown virginia.

The country had moved two places up from the 2009 rankings. The world economic forum statistics in 2010 showed that ghana was 108th out of 139 countries as the worlds favourite tourism destinations. In his 2018 speech addressing the nation president nana akufo addo promised to support ghanas tourism sector with infrastructure investments.

Ghanas currency is the cedi which comes in denominations of ghc 200 100 50 20 10 5 2 and 1. Foreign currency can be freely exchanged at any bank or forex bureaux in the country. Tourist arrivals increased from 172000 in 1991 to 429000 in 2005.

While the bank of ghana lists the sector as the fourth highest foreign currency earner behind gold cocoa and remittances ghana still has some way to go to become a destination of choice on the continent. An initiative aimed at encouraging members of the african diaspora to visit ghana has been described as a great success by president nana akufo addo. The ghana tourism authority gta under the auspices of the ministry of tourism arts and culture led the project in collaboration.

The 2019 budget demonstrated a commitment to achieving this goal by allocating ghs75m 162m to the ministry of tourism arts and culture motac. Trends in the tourism industry in ghana 21 tourist arrivals receipts and tourism related employment international tourist arrivals and receipts have shown steady and positive trends since 1991 except for a slight dip in arrivals in 2005 as shown in chart 1. With significant potential to drive economic growth and job creation the tourism sector is increasingly an area of focus for investment in ghana.