{"id":110120,"date":"2015-04-21T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=110120"},"modified":"2015-04-21T06:05:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T06:05:14","slug":"ghana-to-increase-tourism-traffic-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/04\/ghana-to-increase-tourism-traffic-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana to increase tourism traffic from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has indicated that Ghana\u2019s Tourism sector is determined to increase tourism traffic from China to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>She said that the first quarter of 2015 had seen the sector making strong presence at leading International Fairs in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;QtdRAnf2x7uYHzoyWkq1efb3dvQtKyrL&#8221;]A statement signed by the Minister said the sector had now refocused its international marketing and promotional drive on the Asian Tourism Market, and was participating in the on-going 11th China Outbound Travel Tourism Market (COTTM) in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the Chinese tourism market represent a significant part of the world\u2019s tourism receipts,\u00a0and Ghana would have to take a fair share of the market.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, China is leading in International Tourism, with $129 billion in expenditure and hence Ghana had intensified its efforts in attracting a fair share of the Chinese market.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Ofosu-Adjare further stated that, as a precursor in attracting a fair share of the Chinese market, Ghana\u2019s embassy in Beijing was in advanced talks with the Chinese government, to establish a Ghana <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color: #333;\" href=\"http:\/\/hesca.net\/klonopin\/\">klonopin<\/a> visa centre in Beijing to facilitate visa acquisition for the Chinese outbound travellers.<\/p>\n<p>She said Ghana is poised to sustain this marketing effort in the Asian tourism market, adding that, as part of the Ministry\u2019s effort at exposing the creative arts industry practitioners to international trade in goods and services, an invitation was extended to the creative art industry by the Ministry to participate in this year\u2019s COTTM Fair.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s delegation was made up of Directors from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, officials from the Ghana Tourism Authority, Forestry Commission, Ghana Tourist Development Company, Jet Away Travels, Apstar Tours, Joy Industries Limited and Land Tours.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s Apstar Tours won an award in the category of product innovation at the China Outbound Tourism Awards.<\/p>\n<p>COTTM is regarded as the industry\u2019s most important platform and remains the only business-to-business event that focuses purely on the burgeoning Chinese outbound market. 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