The National President of the Ghana Hotels Association, Herbert Acquaye has advised the government to find ways of increasing the number of airlines in the country, to increase tourism patronage.
According to him, if the government does not license more carries and rather allow existing ones to pull out, it will affect the number of arrivals to the country which will in turn also reduce the number of tourists.
Herbert Acquaye's comments follow the threats by international carrier, Virgin Atlantic and some local airline operators, to pull out of the country due to unfavourable conditions.
"Once airlines pull out, that obviously will decrease the number of arrivals that we get but we hope that as airlines leave, we [will] get airlines coming in and we get airlines increasing their flights to be able to make up for the shortfalls," he noted.
The National President of the Ghana Hotels Association urged that, "We need to encourage as many airlines as possible. If we are able to increase tourism arrivals then there will be no reason why airlines will leave."
Herbert Acquaye, who was speaking to Myjoyonline.com after the launch of the first Africa Hospitality Show at the Accra International Conference Centre, said while the country looks at increasing the number of airlines, it must also upgrade facilities to accommodate them.
The three-day Show, put together by Litina Travel, seeks to bring together experts and service providers in the tourism sector to exhibit products and also brainstorm to deduce solutions to some of the challenges facing the industry.
The Africa Hospitality Show, Herbert Acquaye noted, will provide "a forum for interaction, a forum for dialogue and networking and it's bringing so many parties within the industry together to dialogue on key issues which affect the industry and at the end, find appropriate solutions"
He observed that the challenges facing the Ghanaian tourism sector are enormous but "We need to create a critical mass of entrepreneurs who are supporting the industry in terms of products and services."
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