GTA Senior Staff Association observe SSA Week

• Some of the staff on top on Mountain Afadjato

Senior Staff Association (SSA) of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) have observed the maiden edition of ‘SSA WEEK’ celebrations which started fromJuly1 to 5.

The week-long initiative, which is in consonance with the Authority’s mandate in promoting domestic tourism in Ghana was under the theme, ‘Domestic Tourism – a panacea for Ghana’s tourism development.”

The ‘SSA WEEK’celebration commenced onJuly 1, 2022 with a clean-up exercise at the Shining and Labadi beaches.

This was followed with a trip to the Volta Region from July 2 to 5. Some of the attraction sites visited included, Afadjato Mountain, Gemi Falls, Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary, Akortor Slave Market and many others.

The SSA participated in the Public Private Partnership Forum (PPPF), -Under the Theme: “Leveraging African Continental Free Trade Area to Increase Tourism and Investment to Accelerate Socio-Economic Transformation”on Monday July 4, 2022.

The initiative is part of efforts to update GTA staff with what the Volta Region has to offer in the way of beautiful tourist sites, such as the ecotourism in their drive to promote domestic tourism across the length and breadth of the country.

By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme