{"id":77932,"date":"2014-12-29T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T13:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=77932"},"modified":"2014-12-29T13:16:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T13:16:59","slug":"paragliding-school-established-vr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/paragliding-school-established-vr\/","title":{"rendered":"Paragliding school to be established in V\/R"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former National Security Cordinator, Lieutenant Colonel Larry Gbevlo Lartey has hinted that Ghana may soon see the establishment of the first paragliding school in the Volta Region.<\/p>\n
He said the school will train the youth in the region to fly and also provide job opportunities for the people..<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”BcFM8sbofTVJlocrn1oQ9iiVxsRJGKey”]Volta Region has been described by tourist consultants as one of the most endowed, but untapped tourism destination point in Ghana.<\/p>\n
It launched the biggest paragliding site in West Africa in an area full of waterfalls, hidden carves and highlands.<\/p>\n
The Likpe-Todome ecotourism site which is located in the Hohoe municipality is set to experience major development projects to harness its full potentials.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Citi News<\/strong>, Col Gbevlo Lartey who is spearheading the project \u00a0said the community is collaborating with their foreign partners including a flying group in Togo to establish a flying school in the area.<\/p>\n “There is a flying club in Togo which has already expressed interest to join us here in training the local guys to fly. Once the local youth learn to fly, they could take over the flying because we already own the parachutes,” he said.<\/p>\n As part of the project, cable cars would be installed across the plain for visitors to experience an aerial ride over the jungle waterfalls, mountains and the thick rainforest.<\/p>\n Col Gbevlo Lartey further added that the cable car installations will cost about $3 million and \u00a0therefore called on investors to take advantage of the feasible project by sponsoring it.<\/p>\n