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GTDC launches Campus Tourism Office at University of Ghana
The Ghana Tourism Development Company, GTDC, under the leadership of Prof.Kobby Mensah has launched GTDC Campus Tourism Office at the University of Ghana.
The initiative aims to promote educational and domestic tourism by providing structured campus tour experiences showcasing key heritage sites, including the Archaeology Museum and the School of Performing Arts.
It will also offer students their first travel experience across the continent and inculcate in them love to visit Ghana’s heritage sites.
Addressing the gathering at the launch yesterday, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, described tourism as a vehicle for education and heritage preservation, stressing that the sector must inspire citizens to value and protect national culture for future generations.
The minister highlighted tourism’s connection to disciplines such as history, the arts, economics and environmental science.
The minister further noted that the private sector is the engine of tourism economy, adding that the engines require fuel, which is talents.” by investing in these young people today, you are securing the quality, the innovation and competitiveness of our own industry for tomorrow.
She added that the establishment of the office represents a deliberate investment in the intellectual capital of the country.
The GTDC boss, Prof.Kobby Mensah, said,”at GTDC, we believe that if our tourism has to be sustainable, we have to promote domestic tourism and a very big part of it is getting students to appreciate tourism and helping them to organise tours.”
He added that the University of Ghana itself is a huge heritage site which must be explored.
Prof.Kobby Mensah noted that the initiative, which is one of many to be established across the country, is a joint partnership between GTDC and University of Ghana.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof.Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, said the University is a custodian of heritage which goes beyond the structures and welcomed the establishment of the first Campus Tourism Office.
She was optimistic that the office would be put to good use to achieve the intended purpose.
The launch brought together Stakeholders reaffirming their commitment to nurturing future tourism and hospitality professionals.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
Ghana has officially accepted an invitation to serve as Guest Country at Burkina Faso’s 22nd National Culture Week in Bobo-Dioulasso from April 22 to May 2, 2026.
The invitation was extended by Burkina Faso’s Minister of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism, Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo, accompanied by the Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Ghana, H.E. David Kabré.
Receiving the delegation, Abla Dzifa Gomashie reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to deepening cultural diplomacy and strengthening historic ties between the two nations.
She noted that the festival will create opportunities for young creatives, expand exhibition platforms and promote commercial exchange within the creative sector.
The event will feature cultural performances, a community village and gastronomy fair, an arts market, literary engagements, and a craft and trade fair.
Ghana’s participation is expected to further strengthen bilateral relations between John Dramani Mahama and Ibrahim Traoré, while fostering collaboration within the creative ecosystems of both countries.
Hundreds of Church members from the World Mission Society Church of God (General Pastor, Kim Joo-Cheol) last Saturday participated in a clean-up exercise to clear waste around the Weija Dam, and it’s surroundings in Accra.
It was part of their annual activities in promoting proper sanitation practices in the country, as well as educating the public from indiscriminately disposal of waste in ensuring good sanitation practices.
The about 8-hour clean-up exercise saw members of the Church cleaning domestic waste on the highway, sweeping, picking up plastics and clearing debris around the dam.
The General Pastor of the Church, Kim Joo-Cheol, said every year the Church organised a clean-up campaign in order to clean the environment to improve sanitation practices in communities.
“However, this year, the name of our campaign is the Forest Hope campaign. So we took up this initiative to remember the World Soil Day. This is to create awareness, to let people know the importance of the soil and also the International Mountain Day, which is also to raise awareness on the importance of the mountains, how it supports our life by producing fresh water and all that, ” he said
Pastor Joo-Cheol said the main purpose of the campaign is to help people know the importance of keeping their environments clean, and especially protecting the country’s mountainous areas and the forest
“Because they are very important to us, because we know that the Earth is a place that contains life that supports and contains life in the ecosystem,” he said.
The Assembly Member of New Weija-West, Mr Ohene Djan, commended the church for engaging in such sanitation exercises, stressing that, for many years, it has become difficult getting the public to assist in clearing up the community.
He noted among the many challenges troubling the communities was the improper sanitation practices, and that the sanitation task force would continue in dealing with those who flout the law.
BY BERNARD BENGHAN
