By Hafsa Obeng, GNA
Accra, June 20, GNA - The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has held a meeting with the various stakeholder groups involved in the operation of the La Pleasure beach resort.
The meeting followed the clamp down and closure of the facility by the Authority and aimed to discuss the findings of the joint inspection exercise embarked on by the GTA and the Environment Protection Agency as well as to set timelines for the re-opening of the facility.
A release issued to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday in Accra said the meeting chaired by GTA CEO, Akwasi Agyeman was attended by Nii Oten Granaky I, Chief of Abafum representing the LA traditional council, Executives of the LA Community youth group, Mr Kwadwo Antwi , CEO of GTDC and officials of EPA.
It said after the presentation of the findings by Mr Alex Boakye, Manager of Quality Assurance at GTA, Nii Granaky expressed his displeasure of the state of the facility and affirmed the support of the Council for the Authority and EPA to carry out its mandate.
He urged the various stakeholder groups to work together as part of the IMC to ensure La pleasure beach was restored to its pride of place as a leading tourist facility.
Mr Agyeman outlined a series of immediate, short, medium and long term actions and said in order not to overburden and inconvenience some of the facilities in the resort that met the required standards they would carry out a thorough clean-up.
“The joint team would then re-inspect the facility and potentially re-open if the sanitary conditions are found to have improved. In the short term, the IMC have been urged to relocate the washrooms and build a modern facility with enough capacity for patrons.”
In the medium to long-term, the authority would work with the stakeholders on a new land use plan and re-develop the facility into a modern Tourism heaven.
He mentioned that the EPA had also committed to work with GTA on such joint exercises to improve sanitary conditions at the country’s tour facilities.
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