{"id":223668,"date":"2016-06-19T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=223668"},"modified":"2016-06-19T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T18:00:16","slug":"tourists-shun-ghanas-5-star-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/tourists-shun-ghanas-5-star-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourists shun Ghana\u2019s 5-star hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new report conducted by international online hotel booking company, JOVAGO has revealed that visitors who come to Ghana for tourism purposes do not search and patronize 5-star rated hotels.<\/p>\n
The report, which is titled \u201cHospitality Report Ghana 2015\u201d stated that even though there are only three 5-star hotels in the country , and all in Accra, tourists normally search for 2-star hotels which must be affordable and meet international standards.<\/p>\n
According to the report, in the Greater Accra region,16% of tourists searched for 1-star hotels, while 49%, 24% and 11% search for 2-star, 3-star, and 4-star hotels respectively.<\/p>\n
In the Ashanti region, 19% of tourists searched for 1-star hotel while 73% searched for 2-star hotels with the remaining 8% searching for 3-star hotels.<\/p>\n
Even though the Ashanti region has some 4-star hotels, the report pointed out that tourists who visited the region were not interest in 4-star hotels.<\/p>\n
In the Eastern region, 36%, 50% and 14 % searched for 1-star, 2-star, and 3-star hotels respectively.<\/p>\n
The Central region which has a lot of tourists sites had searches in only 2 star hotels and 3-star hotels, with 41% and 59% respectively.<\/p>\n