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March 11, 2016
Central Region to repackage tourist
attractions
Cape Coast, Nov. 17, GNA - Nana Ato Arthur, the Central
Regional Minister, has said the Regional Coordinating
Council, in collaboration with district assemblies in the
region, would soon repackage its tourism potentials.
He said historic structures and houses of renowned persons
such as Mr John Mensah-Sarbah would be rehabilitated to
enable tourists to have more places to visit apart from the
castles and the Kakum National Park.
Nana Arthur said this on Thursday when a 31-member
delegation from the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff
College, Junior Division, paid a courtesy call on him.
The delegation, led by Colonel George Partington, the
Assistant commandant of the college, is on a four-day study
tour of the region's tourism potentials.
The minister expressed regret that although the region
abounds in a lot of tourism potentials, it was not
benefiting from them and the time had come for repackaging
them to enable more tourists to stay longer when they visit
the region.
He said he was also unhappy that the region, which in the
past had more than 25 industries, now has only two and that
the Saltpond Ceramics would soon be resuscitated.
Nana Arthur commended the delegation for selecting the
region for its study on tourism and appealed to it to make
its findings available to enable the region to repackage its
potentials appropriately.
Colonel Partington explained that every year the college
undertakes a study tour of a region and that this year the
region was chosen because its tourism potentials.
He said the group would come out with a comprehensive report
after the tour to complement what the RCC was doing to
enhance tourism.
GNA
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