Accra will play host to a historic gathering of tourism operators for the debut travel expo, “Accra Weizo”, scheduled for July 3. Taking place at La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, the one-day travel event will be a combination of exhibition and talks on various tourism-related topics by experienced speakers and prominent travel operators from Africa and across the world . With the theme “Seamless Travel in West Africa”, Weizo is aimed at the founding vision of ECOWAS to create a region of one people integrating and growing together. Mr. Ikechi Uko, the organizer, pointed out that it coincides with ECOWAS’s celebrating 40 years of existence. It will also provide a first-hand glimpse of Carnival Calabar, the biggest street party in Africa and the best-known tourism event in West Africa. Recently, South African Airways strengthened its position in West Africa with the up-coming introduction of flights to Accra, Ghana, besides which, it entered into a bi-lateral code-share agreement with Africa World Airlines, offering travellers from Washington and Johannesburg seamless connectivity via Accra to other destinations in Ghana, such as Kumasi, Takoradi, and Tamale. Ghana is ripe for independent travellers in search of stimulating and diverse experiences, contends Philip Briggs, author of Bradt’s latest guidebook to the country: Click Here to read his introduction to the destination.
