Tourist Board informs Asantehene about confab on Bosomtwe

Kumasi (Ashanti), 18th June 99 --

The Board and management of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) on Wednesday called on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to inform him about a special conference on tourism development potentials of Lake Bosomtwe at Abono in the Bosomtwe-Atwima-Kwamwoma district.

The participants, the board said, would include stakeholders such as investors, financial institutions, tour operators, architects, environmentalists and traditional leaders.

Nana Amma Serwaah, a director of GTB, said telephone facilities have now been extended to Abono, adding that other important facilities such as good drinking water would be provided.

Mrs. Doreen Owusu-Finako, Executive Director of GTB told the Asantehene that a Tourism Development Plan for Ashanti has been drawn up which includes the development of Lake Bosomtwe area and hoped that chiefs in the region would get involved.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu said chiefs in the region were prepared to help develop other potential tourist attractions in the region to bring in more tourists.

He said the development of Lake Bosomtwe will benefit people living along the lake and the region as a whole and therefore called on the chiefs to support the board's tourism development programme.

The Asantehene said there has been a bond of friendship and co-operation between GTB and the chiefs and hoped this would continue to grow.

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