The training targets informal food and beverage enterprise operators in the tourism industry The Ghana Tourism Authority under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) has organised a training and sensitization programme for the Informal Food and Beverage sector of the Tourism Industry. This was done in partnership with the various Trade Associations under the Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF) which is the umbrella body of the Trade Associations / Private Sector wing. According to the CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Mr. Akwasi Agyeman, the training programme falls in line with the Authority’s mandate of regulating the industry to ensure quality and standard service delivery.
The training seeks to enhance the skills of the informal food and beverage enterprise operators. This is in line with efforts to provide quality service to visitors from the diaspora as they come home for the "Year of Return, Ghana 2019".
The Training Programme as funded by the Tourism Development Fund (TDF) was supported by the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), the Consolidated Bank of Ghana (CBG) and the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB). These banks collect the 1% Tourism levy from Tourism Operators nationwide for deposit into the Tourism Development Fund on behalf of the Ghana Tourism Authority.
Present at the training programme held at the Centre for National Culture (CNC), Cape Coast in the Central Region were Executives of the Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF) in the region, Officials of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) and Tourism Development Fund (TDF). Officials include Mr. Ekow Sampson, Deputy Chief Executive (Operations), Mr. Prince Essah, Tourism Development Fund Manager, Mr. Alex Boakye (Manager, Standards and Quality Assurance, GTA Head Office, Accra), Mr. Kwame Gyasi (Regional Manager, Central Region, GTA), Dr. Mrs. Patricia Owusu-Darko, Training Facilitator and Dean of the Graduate School of the Kumasi Technical University (KTU), Mr. Maxwell Amo Ghunney – Regional Chairman and National Organiser of NADBOA, Mr. J. R. Quainoo – Regional Chairman of Ghana Bar Operators Association (GHABOA), Albert Aidoo-President and Executive of Indigenous Caterers Association, Isaac Kojo Biney – Cape Coast Branch of NADBOA.
Present at the training programme held at Melody Hotel, Takoradi, Western Region were Executives of the Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF) in the region, Officials of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) and Tourism Development Fund (TDF). They include Mr. Ekow Sampson, Deputy Chief Executive (Operations), GTA, Mr. Alex Boakye (Manager, Standards and Quality Assurance, GTA Head Office, Accra), Mr. George […]
