General News of Tuesday, 7 January 2020Source: theafricareport.com/Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ needs no embellishmentYear of ReturnPlucking data from thin air is no way to build on the successes of Ghana's 'Year of Return' tourism initiative. So why is Ghanaian officialdom so keen on selling the success of the initiative on the tabletop of incoherent statistics and woolly numbers, instead of better cataloguing these clear achievements? According to Ministry of Finance computations, average spending per tourist was $1,512 in 2014, rising to roughly $1,800 in 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe SibekoPlucking data from thin air is no way to build on the successes of Ghana's 'Year of Return' tourism initiative. So why is Ghanaian officialdom so keen on selling the success of the initiative on the tabletop of incoherent statistics and woolly numbers, instead of better cataloguing these clear achievements?

Source: GhanaWeb January 07, 2020 11:37 UTC