Ghana To Work With Spain To Attract Good Investments

The Minister-Designate for Tourism, Arts and Culture has expressed that Ghana is extremely prepared to cooperate with the Government of Spain to pursue attracting investments into the country. He offered these remarks when he was paid an official visit by a designation from the Spanish Consulate in Accra led by the Ambassador, His Excellency Javier Gutiérrez.

During his interaction with the Toirism Minister Designate, Javier Gutiérrez said that in 2019, conversations started on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on tourism, arts and culture between Spain and Ghana. He noticed that the completion of the MoU had slowed down throughout the long term and there was the need to resuscitate the cycle towards signing the MoU straightaway. He reckons the MoU would deeply enhance partnerships between the two nations.

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The Ambassador also informed the Honourable Minister-Designate of the publication of the 2nd Edition of “A Guide to Ghana’s Cultural Heritage”; a publication made in partnership with UNESCO and the Embassy of Spain in Ghana.

He shared that plans were set up to officially introduce a copy to the Ministry, and to give copies of the book to other establishments. He said the content of the book is a valuable device for selling the rich legacy of Ghana and said that copies ought to be made accessible to hotels and other tourist sites in Ghana.

Hon. Mercer expressed the government’s unflinching interest in a good partnership and reiterated Ghana’s commitment to finalising the MoU once feedback from its Spanish counterparts has been received. He also offered thanks to the Minister for the proposition stretched out to cooperate with the Ghana in the partnership of joint events in the arts and culture space.