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General News on Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Source: Mynewsgh.com
2019-06-04
Deputy of Assin Central Kenndey Agyapong
Assin Central MP Kenndey Agyapong criticized homeowners in the Ghanaian hospitality industry for charging exorbitant prices to their customers, thus shattering the tourism industry.
According to him, some of the taxes on hotel receipts are illegal because they have not been approved by Parliament.
He wondered why hotel owners found it convenient to illegally charge their guests when Parliament had not pbaded such laws.
The legislator has observed that the exorbitant charges of hoteliers frighten foreigners to ask how tourism would be promoted if their hotels were expensive.
In an interview with Net2 TV followed by MyNewsGh.com, he said: "Why is the tourist board, the Ministry of Tourism, the Food and Drugs Office, the EPA will charge you VAT and the Why all these agencies charge you, the cost of hotels is so high in this country, and most of the taxes I mentioned are illegal, in the sense that Parliament has not approved them. As small hotels are so expensive, you can not promote tourism with such expensive hotels in this country. "
He estimated that the influx of foreigners traveling to Ghana would be in the history books if hoteliers reduced their prices by calling on the government to step in to attract more investors into the country. country.
The MP called on the Akufo-Addo government to channel some of its energies into tourism, saying that Ghana could not generate money from oil, cocoa and gold as it would tourism.
He said cameramen installed at Dubai tourist sites are earning money from strangers through his work calling on the government to inspire Dubai tourism.
"I preach on tourism, your cocoa, your oil, your gold, you can not give you money like tourism, the government has so much interest in cocoa, I dare to engage the President Akufo-Addo to embark on tourism, we will earn money When I went to Dubai with my children, Baige Califa is a source of visual pollution, when you went down, it looks beautiful, but when you go up, you only see the Sahara, "he said in an interview with Net2 TV followed by MyNewsGh.com.
He observed that total darkness on the Ada estuary, in the eastern Lake Volta region, urged the government to consider it as its project to attract tourists.
He wondered why people go to Paga to watch the crocodiles and come back the same day.
"There should be small hotels with restaurants offering good food for tourists," he suggested.
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