Certain tourist destinations are being built around the country to make it the most popular tourist destination in the West Africa sub-region.
A creative art school, a cultural policy, the National Museum, Kwame Nkrumah Park, the Bonwire Museum, and other institutions are among them.
The Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Mark Okraku-Mantey, said this last Friday at the opening of the 15th Annual Paragliding Festival at Atibie in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region. He also added that efforts were being made to make the industry a significant source of income to support the country's economic development.
By 2026, we set a goal to be the top tourist destination in West Africa. "By becoming the most popular tourist destination in the sub-region, we have already surpassed the aim for 2022," he continued.
The nation has previously been classified as West Africa's seventh most popular travel destination.
Mr. Okraku-Mantey credited the achievement to the government's ongoing investments in the sector nationwide.
The deputy minister stated that the annual paragliding competition significantly impacts the development of both local and foreign tourism in the nation and that "we thank the private sector for supporting the Kwahu Easter celebrations over the years."
traditional principles
Seth Acheampong, the Eastern Regional Minister, added that the celebration demonstrated the people's rich culture and traditional values.
He said that the area was blessed with a rich cultural legacy, abundant natural resources, and tourist attractions including rivers and lakes.
The minister stated that the purpose of the yearly paragliding festival is to "unveil opportunities and also expose the area to businesses."
Barima Kwame Asante Betiani II, the Chief of Atibie and Gyasehene of the Kwahu Traditional Area, urged the populace to start a paragliding operation to promote regional tourism.
Significance
Akwasi Agyeman, the GTA's chief executive officer, characterised the yearly celebration, which has been planned for the past 15 years, as a success.
This year's paragliding event took place from Friday, April 7 to Monday, April 10.
Seven pilots, including one Ghanaian and six foreigners, flew it over the Mpraeso Municipality's Kwahu Atibie and Nkawkaw to demonstrate their flying prowess.
The price of the flight was GH950.
After visiting the Kwahu ridge as part of his country-wide familiarisation trip in 2003, Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, the then-minister of tourism and modernization of the capital city Accra, decided to include paragliding in the Easter celebrations.
The event is credited to Ferdinand Ayim, who was Ferdinand Ayim's personal assistant at the time.
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