Professor Gabriel Eshun, Technical Adviser for the Ghana Tourism Development Project (GTDP) also emphasized the need to establish and protect tourism infrastructure in order to develop tourist attractions in the country.
Professor Eshun noted that driving innovation in the tourism industry by promoting and providing adequate infrastructure development will improve tourism.
He mentioned that Ghana would be a popular tourist destination on the African continent and globally.
Professor Eshun said this while leading the Technical Tourism Advisory Team of the Ghana Tourism Development Project to provide a multi-purpose bathroom over the weekend at Kintampo Falls in the Kintampo Municipality in the Bono East region to improve the provision of waterfalls.
Professor Eshun pointed out that this work is in two phases. He indicated that the second phase would include pavements that would facilitate the smooth running of the crowd so that they could better feel the place.
Professor Eshun pointed out that the move is part of the Ghana Tourism Authority's efforts to promote the industry, which shows that tourism is an important source of income for the country.
According to him, the GTDP in partnership with relevant stakeholders including governments is committed to ensuring that investment is invested in this sector in order to sustain local revenue to support government achieving its development goals.
He pointed out that the GTDP was committed to improving the situation at some of the major tourist attractions including the Buaben Baboon sanctuary, the ancient city of Bono Manso, Slave Camps and the Center of Ghana Point among others to evict tourist investors from home.
Nana Effah Guakuro IV, Kontehene from Nkoranza Traditional area commended the GTDP for the project which shows that the facility will upgrade existing ones to facilitate service delivery in Zimpophomeni.
Nana Guakuro pointed out that Water Falls has 143.72 hectares of land that need to be protected to avoid burglary as the area is in dire need of development by private investors. He urges GTDP to fence off the center to avoid intrusion.
Nana Guakuro emphasized the need to establish forest reserves in the vicinity of waterfalls and to promote tourism. He called for effective security in the area to protect health and property.
He urged the waterfalls management to use the money they earn to upgrade their facilities so that the center can always look good to attract foreign tourists.
Nana Guakuro calls for the establishment of accommodations such as hotels, toilets and guest houses that can be rented to noisy people who may not want to stay away from the site when visiting.
When we visited the falls, it became apparent that the center was being looked after by people in the Kintampo community and its environs. About 600 to 700 visitors visit the center on weekends, and large numbers are recorded during the holidays.
Indigenous people travel from the northern and southern parts of the country to rest at the waterfalls. Most of the visitors seen during the tour were students, staff and fun lovers who had come to enjoy their holidays.
The journalist also noticed that the waterfalls have created new resources such as canopy walk ways, a visit to the water's roots and the background history of the waterfalls.
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