The grants, according to Dr. Awal Mohammed is expected to assist tourism practitioners in keeping their business afloat in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing journalists following a visit to some tourism facilities in Accra on June 28 2021, Dr. Awal revealed the country’s tourism sector lost about GH¢8 billion of its revenue due to the pandemic in 2020. “It is in this vein that the government from next week, will begin the disbursement of GH¢55 million grant to stakeholders in the sector to help revamp their businesses,” Dr. Awal said. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) the sector has suffered huge losses as travel restrictions were in place throughout 2020 owing to the coronavirus pandemic. The Council said the tourism and hospitality space has since witnessed a near loss of US$4.5 trillion owing to coronavirus travel restrictions, a drop in consumer demand and border closures.

Source: GhanaWeb June 29, 2021 12:22 UTC