{"id":293191,"date":"2025-11-15T12:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/293191\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T12:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:44:21","slug":"tourism-ministry-highlights-2025-achievements-outlines-plan-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/293191\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism ministry highlights 2025 achievements, outlines plan for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/television\/news\/LIVE-Finance-Minister-presents-2026-Budget-Statement-136027\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15293387.295.jpg\" alt=\"Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie\" title=\"Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie\" width=\"295\" height=\"161\" \/> play video<\/a>Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">In his presentation of the 2026 Budget on Thursday, November 13, 2025, Finance Minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=2581\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cassiel Ato Forson<\/a> highlighted key achievements of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts (MoTCCA) in 2025 and outlined its plans for the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the budget statement, the creative arts ministry focused on modernising infrastructure, promoting cultural heritage, and expanding the sector&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<p> Key achievements in 2025: <\/p>\n<p> National Heritage Photo Competition:  Held in April 2025, the competition engaged Ghanaians under 25 to explore the country&#8217;s heritage through photography and design, fostering youth appreciation of culture.<\/p>\n<p>Restoration of Historic Forts and Castles: Restoration work was carried out on six historic sites under UNESCO standards, including Fort Orange in Sekondi, with plans to extend efforts in 2026.<\/p>\n<p> 20th National Chocolate Week:  The ministry partnered with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), and Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) to host the event from 3\u201314 February 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/2026-Budget-Government-to-inject-GH-20m-to-revive-movie-industry-2009438\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Budget: Government to inject GH\u00a220m to revive movie industry<\/a><\/p>\n<p> New GTA Initiatives:  The GTA and Ghana Tourism Development Company launched projects such as &#8220;Fleet Pool Car Rental,\u201d &#8220;Tourism Marketplace,&#8221; and &#8220;Eco-Chest Science Tour,&#8221; aimed at improving transport, boosting investment, and promoting educational tourism.<\/p>\n<p> National Film Dialogue:  The National Film Authority (NFA) held its first dialogue in September 2025, bringing together over 550 participants to strengthen collaboration in Ghana&#8217;s film industry.<\/p>\n<p> Plans for 2026:  <\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the ministry intends to deepen support for creative entrepreneurs and expand incentives for the film and arts sectors, positioning Ghana as a global contender in the creative economy.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Budget allocates GH\u00a220 million for the film sector and an additional GH\u00a220 million for the Creative Arts Fund, part of the government&#8217;s broader strategy to provide reliable financing for Ghana&#8217;s creative industries.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full budget reading below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch the promo to GhanaWeb&#8217;s latest documentary, which uncovers the evolution of \u2018kayamata,&#8217; an exploitative practice fueled by love charms and manipulation, titled, &#8220;The Dark Side of Kayamata,&#8217; below: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>ID\/EB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"play videoMinister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie In his presentation of the 2026 Budget&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-293191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}