Tourism Advancement

• Government will encourage private sector investments in the development of world class tourism infrastructure. This will require very attractive incentives.
• Government will leverage the tourism potential in each district and region of Ghana.
• Government will develop high-level human resource capacity for the hospitality industry in Ghana.
• Government will facilitate air travels for tourists coming into the country by providing free visa including Visa on arrival.
• Government will enhance the productive capacity of local artisans and craftsmen to produce world class sourvenirs for the tourism industry.
• Government will advance plans for the establishment of a national airline or home based carrier and in particular link the carrier to major cities and other locations that will drive traffic of tourists to Ghana.
• Government will introduce a major package of incentives to reduce hotel prices and cost of other services.
• Government will provide extensive support to revamp the existing hotel infrastructure particularly in the second and third tier categories.
• The development of the creative industry in Ghana will be the backbone of the new reforms in the tourism industry. This will include but will not be limited to reforms in the following creative industries; Film, Dance, Theatre, Music, Visual Arts and Multimedia Arts.