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CNN Travel\u00a0has released a list of 19 places to visit in the year 2019.<\/p>\n
Fourth on the list is Ghana, a country with some of the world\u2019s most diverse and amazing tourist sites.<\/p>\n
In a news report by CNN, Ghana, which is West Africa\u2019s poster nation for economic success and political stability is hoping to trade up its tourism status for 2019, with a campaign targeting the African diaspora whose ancestors were victims of the brutal slave trade of centuries gone by.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s \u2018Year of Return\u2019 marks 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in North America.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a somber recognition of the evil that befell Ghana\u2019s past inhabitants and their descendants \u2014 and the strength with which they\u2019ve faced it.<\/p>\n
\u201cLegacies of the slave trade are unavoidable. Cape Coast Castle, one of many historic coastal forts, was where slaves were held before being dispatched to America and the Caribbean.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis brutal and fascinating reminder was visited by the Obamas in 2009 and Melania Trump in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n
For all the sobriety of this anniversary, what also awaits visitors to Ghana is the warm, intoxicating embrace of a country completely at ease with its identity rushing headlong towards a bright future.<\/p>\n
The capital, Accra, crackles with the dynamism of a city on the upswing, with a nightlife scene to match.<\/p>\n
For those wanting to escape its relentless excitement, Ghana\u2019s 335-mile coastline boasts empty surfing spots like Cape Three Points, while its many protected wildlife zones, including Mole National Park, are home to wild elephants, Nolan warthogs and spotted hyenas.<\/p>\n
Also on the list are Christchurch, New Zealand; Egypt and Fukuoka, Japan.<\/p>\n
Other places are Grand Canyon, United States; Hawaii Island, United States; The Hebrides, Scotland, UK; Jaffa, Israel; Kerala, India and Liechtenstein.<\/p>\n
The rest are Lima, Peru; New York City; Normandy, France; Oaxaca, Mexico; Oman; Plovdiv, Bulgaria; St. Barts, French West Indies; Space Coast, Florida, United States and Weimar, Germany.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n In July, 2018, \u2018CNN And Be Ghana\u2019, a video documentary on Ghana\u2019s slave castles was aired on CNN\u2019s programme, Inside Africa.<\/p>\n In one month, the video went on air globally, with about 5,416,000 people watching it, many of them\u00a0seeing it more than once.<\/p>\n The documentary was part of a campaign by the government of Ghana to market the country as a tourism destination.<\/p>\n The campaign, an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture, was on air from June 11 to August 5, 2018.<\/p>\n The 30-minute television documentary focuses on the Elmina castle. In it, CNN\u2019s cameras follow the journey of a man who gave his name as Bartels, a diaspora African. After years of searching, he had traced his roots to Elmina and wanted to see and hear at first-hand what his ancestors went through from capture to shipment to the Americas.<\/p>\n Even though some people criticised the move, saying the cost of the project (US$200,000.00) was too high, Catherine Afeku, the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture said the government\u2019s expectations went beyond financial returns.<\/p>\n \u201cYes, we need the diasporan Africans to come in their numbers. In fact, I have told myself as Minister of Tourism, Arts & Culture that 20,000 tourist arrivals from North America is not enough. We need in excess of one million African Americans to respond and come to Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n Catherine Afeku has been severely criticised by stakeholders of the Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture for not living up to expectation.<\/p>\n However, she has, on countless times assured the stakeholders that government is putting its act together to get all their problems addressed.<\/p>\n \u2013<\/p>\n Source: Citinewsroom.com | Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CNN Travel\u00a0has released a list of 19 places to visit in the year 2019. Fourth on the list is Ghana, a country with some of the world\u2019s most diverse and amazing tourist sites. In a news report by CNN, Ghana, which is West Africa\u2019s poster nation for economic success and political stability is hoping to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Afekuu.jpg\")
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