Ghana Tourism Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal confirms over $2.5 billion generated from 914, 892 international tourists in 2022
(Posted 07th April 2023)
The West African country of Ghana, a giant in the field of Tourism, has reconsolidated it tourism performance and is set to reaching pre-pandemic tourism levels. The Tourism Minister of Ghana, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal confirmed country’s latest tourism report showing 914,892 international tourists in 2022 which is a 47% increase from the previous year’s 623,523 with revenue also increasing more than 107%, reaching over $2.5 billion from international arrivals.
Ghana tourism has also moved forward with their domestic tourism market now recordong 937,087 tourists representing a 55% growth in 2022.
Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal was with GTA CEO, Akwasi Agyeman launching the 2022 Tourism Report on April 04th when the Minister said that the increased numbers are a direct result of sound policies by the government to grow the tourism sector. He went on to say that the efforts by the Ghana Tourism Authority and other agencies of the industry working together have done Ghana proud before adding that the country can attract at least 1.2 million tourists this year and expecting to generate about 3.4 billion dollars to Ghana’s economy. The Minister also emphasised that Ghana was expecting to create 150,000 more jobs in the industy 2023 and that the government will train personnel to improve service delivery in the hospitality and tourism sector.
