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Be wary of unlicensed tourist
facilities - GTB warns
Kumasi, Oct. 1, Ghanadot/GNA- Mr. Ekow Sampson, Ashanti
Regional Chief Architect and acting Manager of the Ghana
Tourist Board (GTB), has cautioned the public against
patronizing tourist facilities that had not been licensed.
"Those who patronize unlicensed tourist facilities,
especially hotels and restaurants do so at their own risk,
since the GTB cannot guarantee their safety", he said.
Mr. Samson was speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in
Kumasi at the weekend, after the GTB had closed down the
Ashanti Paradise and Hotels for operating without license.
This brings to eleven the number of unlicensed tourist
facilities so far closed down since the GTB commenced an
intensive exercise last week to rid the Kumasi Metropolis of
sub-standard hotels, restaurants and other tourist
facilities.
The Regional Chief Architect was not happy that most of the
tourist facilities that are springing up fast in the
Metropolis were operating without licenses and said this was
inimical to the growth of the tourism industry.
He said some of these facilities operated under unhygienic
conditions whiles others engaged in dubious deals and
practices, putting the lives and safety of their clients in
danger.
Mr. Sampson urged the citizenry not to hesitate to quit
hotels and restaurants that do not display the GTB license
at their premise, saying that, such facilities were either
operating illegally or below standard.
He was hopeful that the intensive exercise being embarked on
by the GTB would help rid the metropolis of such facilities,
which did not meet the operational standards and
requirements to retain the country's image.
GNA
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