Business News of Tuesday, 19 November 2019Source: www.citibusinessnews.comHoteliers unhappy 2020 Budget didn’t rate performance of Year of ReturnFinance Minister, Ken Ofori-AttaThe Hoteliers Association of Ghana is unhappy that the 2020 budget failed to rate the general performance of the Year of Return. In the 2020 budget statement presented to Parliament last week, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, noted that the Year of Return had increased tourism in the country but failed to give details. The government in the budget statement also listed a number of benefits the country derived from the Year of Return in terms of some agreements signed with other countries including Barbados. The Finance Minister said the following while presenting the 2020 budget statement:“We launched the ‘Year of Return’ to mark the 400th anniversary of the first slaves taken from Africa to the Americas. Speaker, Ghana also signed a number of MoUs during the President’s official travels, among others, with car manufacturing giants such as Toyota, Nissan, Sino Truck and Volkswagen and a host of multinational companies (building factories) in Ghana.

Source: GhanaWeb November 19, 2019 13:41 UTC