GTA to launch ‘Tourism Police’ for safer, better sites and attractions
Mrs. Maame Efua Sekyi-Aidoo Houadjeto, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has announced intentions to start a 'Tourism Police' initiative at various tourist sites and attractions.
According to the GTA Boss, the initiative will help keep Ghana's sites and attractions clean, as well as train local tour guides to ensure good tourism service delivery.
This call to action by the GTA was in reaction to a viral video that surfaced online showing a local tour guide allegedly extorting money from a tourist in the JamesTown area in Accra.
Following a visit to JamesTown, Independence Arch, and Laboma Beach to interact with some tour guides, Mrs. Houadjeto stressed the urgent need to train the local tour gu...