A stakeholder consultation on the review of Ghana’s 2004 Cultural Policy with the Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth, Sports and Culture was held at the Central Hotel on Thursday, 29th February 2024. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the revised draft policy document and solicit recommendations from members to further enrich the document…
A meeting was organised by the Office of the Head of Civil Service for Public Relations Officers within Ministries to discuss activities to be organised for the 2024 Civil Service Week Celebrations. Briefing participants, Mrs Wilhemina Asamoah, the Chairperson for the 2024 Civil Service Week celebrations, who is also the Chief Director at the Ministry…
A delegation from the United Arab Emirates led by the Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Amer Al Alawi paid a courtesy call on the Chief Director at the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr John Yao Agbeko on Thursday, 7th March 2023, in his office. The purpose of the visit was to familiarise himself…
A day’s workshop was organised on 12th December 2023 at the Hilton View Hotel, East Legon by the National Folklore Board bringing stakeholders from the Ghana Heritage Committee, Regional Heritage Ambassadors together with other stakeholder agencies to review a report that had been compiled for submission to UNESCO as part of requirements for the Africa…
A stakeholder consultation has been held at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra on Tuesday, November 21st, 2023, to discuss the new draft Culture Policy that has been developed by a twenty-member committee inaugurated on 22nd August 2023 at the Central Hotel in Accra. Giving the keynote address, the Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts…
The staff of the Research, Statistics and Information Management Directorate and Data Managers of Agencies of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture have undergone a five-day training in Statistical Analysis with Excel at the Gloriaka Hotel in Winneba from 30th October – 3rd November 2023. The training was under the auspices of the Ghana…
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture joined corporate organisations worldwide to celebrate Customer Service Week and climaxed it with a half-day training for staff. The training was held on 5th October 2023 at the Exhibition Hall of the National Theatre of Ghana. The purpose of the training was to create awareness of the importance…
The theme for the 2023 World Tourism Day Celebration is Tourism and Green Investments. Ghana joined other nations around the world to mark the day with activities in Ada in the Greater Accra Region. Launching the day, the Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Mark Okraku Mantey said that there is a symbiotic relationship between…
This year’s Tourism Month was launched in Accra on Wednesday 30th August 2023 at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park with a call on tourism operators to support the initiative of promoting domestic tourism and to ensure that Ghana becomes the centre for the development of sustainable tourism and the preferred destination in the West African…
A twenty-member Committee to review Ghana’s Cultural Policy of 2004 was inaugurated in Accra at the Central Hotel on 22nd August 2023. The initiative seeks to help redefine and reinforce Ghana’s cultural landscape, such that it can pave the way for a more prosperous and culturally vibrant Ghana. The effort also seeks to preserve and…