The President of the Hotels Affiliation of Ghana (HAG), Dr Edward Ackah Nyamike (Jnr), has known as on the federal government to offer a conducive atmosphere for the resort trade to thrive, and contribute meaningfully to tourism promotion within the nation.
The hospitality trade, he mentioned, performed important roles within the promotion of tourism, and as a matter of urgency the government ought to create circumstances, similar to discount in tariffs to assist development the trade.
The President of the HAG made the decision throughout a well being stroll in Ho final Friday, as a part of a year-long actions marking the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Affiliation on the theme: ‘50 Years of Advocacy, Perseverance and Impacting Ghana’s Tourism and Hospitality Business.’
Dr Nyamike additionally burdened that the hospitality trade created over 80,000 direct and oblique jobs, mobilising income via taxes, levies and international trade for nationwide growth.
He talked about that the necessity for the federal government to concentrate to the resort trade, which was on the centre of tourism promotion within the nation, including that the excessive price concerned in resort management and excessive tariffs remained problem to resort operations within the nation.
The President of the Association additionally urged the federal government to enhance on tourism websites, present good highway networks, improved meals manufacturing, which might result in the discount in the price of meals available in the market since resort administration depended largely on meals, urging resort managements to additionally improve the standard of service to their shoppers.
The Deputy Volta Regional Director of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Mr Sulemana Amadu, recommended resort operators for his or her steady contribution to the promotion of the tourism trade of the nation, and urged resort managers to stick to straightforward practices that can allow them to satisfy the expectations of their shoppers.
Mr Amadu additional noticed that on account of the numerous taxes and levies resort managers pays results in some motels not using extremely certified workers as a result of they might not be capable to pay them, and so they relied on non-professionals of their actions.
In response to the Deputy Director, his outfit had common coaching programmes for the workers of resort operators within the Volta Area, to allow them to function inside acceptable worldwide requirements to satisfy the calls for of their shoppers.
The Volta Regional Chairman of the Affiliation, Henry Ampah Johnson, mentioned the most important risk to the resort trade within the area was the “excessive” taxes the Environmental Safety Company (EPA) imposed on members of the Affiliation, regardless that actions of motels solely concerned wastewater that was correctly disposed of with out affecting the atmosphere.
The 1,500 members of the HAG, lined up a-year-long anniversary celebration programme, together with holding of symposium on the theme of the anniversary, unveiling of the anniversary material, and awarding members who distinguished themselves, whereas the celebration can be held in January 2026.
FROM SAMUEL AGBEWODE, HO
