NEWS

25th august 2010 - New edition Experience Ghana
After selling 2500 copies, a new edition of the leading travelguide in Holland and Belgium needs to be printed. Mail us to be present with an advertisement to attract more customers. Mail ...

25th august 2010 - Millennium City in Ghana
A world scale tourist magnet is planned for Ghana: a green city. More (In Dutch)....

15th august 2010 - Experience Ghana with boetels
The colourful boetels will be used for a new campaign to promote Ghana. Read more (In Dutch)....

30th July 2010 - TV series and DVD on Ghana
In cooperation of Ghana Tourist Information Benelux, TravelTV and Jolinaiko Ecotours, we proudly present our project to make a 6-episode TV-serie on Ghana and a promo-DVD for tourism to Ghana. More ...

26th July 2010 - Economic value of tourism
Tourism currently is the fourth foreign exchange earner last year after gold, cocoa and remittances. Read more....

19th July 2010 - Visit UNWTO
At this date the Ghana Tourist Information Benelux visited the World Tourism Organization of the United Nations to align policies and plans on poverty fighting using tourism.

10-11th July 2010 - African Festival, Hertme
African music, dance and food: experience Africa in the beautiful open air theatre of Hertme (in the east of Holland). The Ghana Tourist Information will be present with a information booth for traveling to Ghana and associated tour operators. More (in Dutch)....

6th July 2010 - Annual Report approved
Co-sponsor HIVOS approved our annual report with compliments. More (in Dutch)....

3rd Juli 2010 - Spending of book earnings
This week we did the first selection on the proposals how to spend the approximately 10.000 euro we have from the booksales. The main portion will be used to do the TV-project. More....

3rd Juli 2010 - Black Stars meet Mandela
After their glorious tournament, making Africa proud and the rest of the world aware of Ghana, the Black Stars met Nelson Mandela. More ....

2nd July 2010 - Private lecture, Ede
Lecture on the issues and future of Community Based Tourism.

20th June 2010 - Ghanaians for Promotion film
For the making of a professional promotion film for Ghana, we are seeking contact with Ghanaians in Holland who are willing to talk about Ghana for our camera. No fee available. Please contact us.

17 - 20th June - 2010 Salland Festival, Raalte (Updated)
The Ghanaian band Sogo won't be present on the music- and dance festival in Raalte. More (in Dutch)....

16th June 2010 - SSO Symposium The Bridge, Amsterdam
The Ghana Tourist Information is asked to present itself on this fair on social sustainable entrepreneurship. More (in Dutch)....

13rd June 2010 - Celebrate Africa!, The Hague
Atongo Zimba from Bolgatanga (Ghana) will perform during the The Hague African Festival. More ....

11th June 2010 - Investment opportunity
The market research concluded the feasibility of an English edition for the book'Experience Ghana'. Now we need a partner. Investors can contact us.

7th June 2010 - Website finally in English
On many requests, from now on all the necessary information on this website can be read in English too.

6th June 2010 - Ghana World Champion Soccer again
Ghana goes for gold in a hattrick. After the players below the age of 20, this weekend the Ghana Ladies team became World Champion in Amsterdam. Expectations for the upcoming cup in South Africa are high! More (in Dutch)....

3rd June 2010 - Groeneveld conference, Apeldoorn
The Ghana Tourist Information wil attend the upcoming Groeneveld conference 'Tourism for Nature, Nature for Tourism' in Apeldoorn (Holland). This is the Dutch leading event for networking and knowledge transfer on sustainable tourism. More (in Dutch)....

1st June 2010 - Holland-Ghana, Rotterdam
The Blackstars, the Ghanaian national soccer team, will play against the Dutch national team. The game is an informal match to prepare for the upcoming World Cup in South Africa. More (in Dutch)....

April 30th, 2010 - Ada Rosman to Ghana
Dutch writer of travel books, Ada Rosman, leaves on April 30th for a four week visit to Ghana. Ada travels to Ghana to get inspired for a new book More (in Dutch) ...

April 25th, 2010 - Extra staff for Tourism Office
Catherine Mediana Layonardo and Meilisa Hendarlim joined the office to do research for the project to internationalize the travelguide. More ...

April 24th, 2010 - Africa Day, The Hague
During the annual Afrika day some interesting workshops will be held on Community Based Tourism in Africa. Our projectpartner Lianne van Rijssel is one of the experts, next to Ine Schaekers. More (In Dutch) ...

March, 20th 2010 - Pearl of Africa
In the travel section of the GPD-newspapers (over 3 million readers), Ghana was promoted having a two page article. More (in Dutch) ...

March, 10th-14th 2010 - ITB Berlin 2010
World biggest fair on tourism is annually in Berlin. Ghana and the Ghana Tourist Information Office will be present. More ...

March 2010 - Ghana 'Ethical destination'
The Ethical Traveller based in San Francisco proclaimed Ghana as one on her selective list of 10 developing countries with a ethical focus on tourism, balancing economy with human rights and conservation of nature. More ...

February 16th, 2010 - Lecture Ghana, Deventer
Using the title "The head of Badu Bonsu and other stories", travel journalist Gerard van Heusden will tell about the African culture and Ghana in particular. More (in Dutch)

Februari 13th, 2010 - Eco tourism instead of aid
Jelte Posthumus interviewed us for the newspaper about our vision: lower foreign aid, but improve the condition so eco tourism can prosper. More (in Dutch)...

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