[Translate] Accra, Nov. 13, GNA – Frommer travel, a global rating agency in the tourism industry, known for its credibility and authenticity has named Ghana among the top 10 tourism destination for 2012. Mr Julius Debrah, Executive Director of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), who announced this at a press conference at the weekend, said Frommer reached out to people to find out... 

[Translate] Kakum National ParkA Ghana Tourism Authority has been established to replace the old Ghana Tourism Board with the express mandate to promote the sustainable development of the tourism industry both locally and internationally. It was passed by an Act of Parliament (Act 817) and assented by the President, John Atta Mills, which empowers the Authority to ensure the management... 

[Translate] The Member of Parliament for Ahafo Ano South Balado Manu has blamed tourism for the introduction of homosexuality in the country. The NPP MP attributed the practice which he described as a growing trend in the country as indication of emotional and sexual slavery in Ghana. Mr Balado Manu called on the executive to urgently initiate laws to curb the practice. He asked the... 

[Translate] The Dededo Community near Ho continues to attract tourists because of its proverbial cleanliness. Consequently, a guest house has been built to accommodate tourists who visit the community. A “colony” of members of the Apostles Revelation Society (ARS) in Dededo with its strict rules and regulations on religious and moral discipline and cleanliness, was adjudged the cleanest community... 

[Translate] Lake Bosomtwe The Bosomtwe District Assembly in the Ashanti region has identified developments in road and housing infrastructure as critical factors in the drive to maximize the full economic and tourism potentials of the Lake Bosomtwe. Foreign and domestic tourists are increasingly being attracted to the only natural lake in Ghana, which is affectionately acclaimed the ‘Sea of Ashanti’. It... 

[Translate] The Klefe Waterfall is being developed into a tourist attraction site as part of plans to facilitate development and job opportunities in the community. Mr Ransford Kasu, Assembly member for the Area, said this at the inauguration of the Klefe Unit Committee on Sunday. He said the three communities making up the Klefe Traditional Area: Atsiatime, Dome and Demete, have rich tourism potentials... 

[Translate] A section of Lake BosomtweThe Ashanti regional office of the Ghana Tourist Board has initiated programmes to increase the attraction of investors and tourists to the only natural inland lake in Ghana. The Abono Declaration of 1999 identified the Lake Bosomtwe as an eco-tourism zone, but plans to develop the basin have not been carried through successfully. Today, Lake Bosomtwe, situated... 

[Translate] Time flies when you’re having fun on holiday, right? Well, maybe it shouldn’t. That’s not to say your vacation should drag in a dull, five-hour bio-documentary type way. Just that “going local” in a new place — the more “exotic” the better — is literally more memorable, and feels longer, than a seventh straight visit to Uncle Todd’s... 

[Translate] Kalahari bushmen (San) surveying their land. (Ariadne Van Zandbergen/LPI)A voyage to the Kalahari is akin to catapulting into a parallel universe. It is a surreal Alice-through-the-looking-glass experience where you feel really small and everything around you looms larger than life. Timeless and magical, solitary stretches of space spin on into infinity; and shapes distort under a blanket... 

[Translate] Increasing numbers of Britons are flying to Tunisia for holidays, a trend that has seen the country's national airline launch extra services.Figures from the Tunisian National Tourist Office say there was a 29 percent increase in UK arrivals to the North African country in January to September 2010, compared to the same period last year. Tunisia’s flag carrier airline Tunisair...