Ghana\u2019s tourism sector is booming, with new figures from the Ghana Statistical Service showing that inbound overnight visitors spent a staggering GHS15.2 billion between October 2022 and September 2023.<\/p>\n
The report, which tracked 888,584 overnight visitors \u2013 accounting for nearly 99% of all international arrivals reveals a sharp rebound in travel and spending.<\/p>\n
Visitor numbers peaked in Q3 2023, when arrivals surged by 61.6% compared to Q4 2022, driven by a wave of tourists from West Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.<\/p>\n
Accommodation and food were the biggest beneficiaries, taking up nearly 63% of total spending. Hotels saw rising demand, with stays climbing to 146,571 in Q3 2023.<\/p>\n
Business and professional travellers topped the spending charts, contributing GHS2.7 billion in a single quarter, while American tourists recorded the highest per-capita expenditure at GHS28,233.<\/p>\n
Top attractions such as Cape Coast Castle, Independence Square, and Kakum National Park drew the largest crowds, with cultural tourism and heritage experiences leading the way.<\/p>\n
Yet, officials caution that most visits are concentrated around Accra and the central corridor, leaving opportunities untapped in other regions.<\/p>\n
Government Statistician, Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu stressed that the findings offer a roadmap for boosting the sector\u2019s contribution to GDP.<\/p>\n
Recommendations include diversifying attractions beyond the capital, improving visitor services, and linking tourism revenue more directly to local communities and small businesses.<\/p>\n
With an average stay of 12 nights and a growing appetite for cultural and leisure travel, Ghana is increasingly positioning itself as a top-tier African destination\u2014not just for heritage tourism, but also for business, festivals, and high-value leisure experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ghana\u2019s tourism sector is booming, with new figures from the Ghana Statistical Service showing that inbound overnight visitors spent a staggering GHS15.2 billion between October 2022 and September 2023. The report, which tracked 888,584 overnight visitors \u2013 accounting for nearly 99% of all international arrivals reveals a sharp rebound in travel and spending. Visitor numbers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":13315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3525,3949,41],"tags":[4103,4104],"class_list":["post-13314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-exchange-rate","category-general-news","tag-inbound-travellers","tag-tourism-sector"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13316,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13314\/revisions\/13316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}