Ghana’s tourism sector worth $2.1b in 2012 – WEF

Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts
Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts

Ghana’s travel and tourism sector is valued at $2.102 billion in 2012, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has estimated.

The value of the sector is 5.2% of Ghana’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the year 2012, the WEF reported in the 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index released last week.

According to the WEF, 255 jobs representing 4.5% were created in the industry out of 1000 jobs in 2012.

It forecasts that Ghana’s tourism sector will contribute 5.4% to GDP from 2013 to 2022.

Ghana received an amount of $694 million from international tourism receipts, the report indicated.

By Ekow Quandzie

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