Okere District Assembly Prioritizes Environment to Boost Tourism

The Okere District Assembly in the Eastern region is set to become the best Eco-tourism destination in Ghana centred on its unique weather condition, topography, cultural and Traditional histories as well as waterfalls.

The mountainous district has many tourist sites, which includes the famous Okomfo Anokye Shrine, waterfalls, and other eco-tourism sites which are all been developed to attracts patronage.

Okere has also become a destination for vacations of families, friends, as well as foreigners because of its siren whether conditions that accommodate players in the tourism industry are cherished and hospitality players take advantage to establish hotels and eco-parks.

According to the acting DCE, Daniel Kenneth Addo, the Assembly’s has prioritized the already existing competitive environmental advantages to become the number one eco-tourism destination in the Eastern region and Ghana as a whole.

“Tourism is our number one development agenda as a District. We have a lot of tourist sites, so it is one of our long-term development plans to become the best tourist hub in this country. Tourism is a very serious business for Okere District”, he emphasized.

He elaborated, due to this, Okere District launched its tourism fest in 2018 to be observed annually as part of the tourism agenda of the District.

The DCE indicated this during a joint meeting with the management of Ridge Nest Hotel to plant 2,700 trees of 13 different species as part of its cooperate social responsibilities in sync with the eco-tourism vision of the Assembly.

Kenneth Addo bemoaned, Okere District Assembly is set to also start a one-year sanitation project to clean the District as part of the tourism drive for sustainability, adding that the Assembly is going to embark on a vigorous environmental awareness campaign with emphasis on sanitation Bye-laws, before full enforcement of the laws accompanied with “naming and shaming”, punishment regime, by ranking cleanest and dirtiest communities as well as Traditional areas.

Speaking to the media, Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah, the consultant for Ridge Nest Hotel (RNH) stressed, 22 locations and sites including Asenema Falls, Abonse Slave Market, Boti & Akaa Falls, Akonede Shrine, among others have been identified by Ridge Nest for investment to develop its tourism potentials.

After the tree planting exercise, the staff, and management of RNH, and the district’s leadership paid a courtesy call on the Omanhene of Apirade Traditional Area, Nana Saforo Okuampah III, who released a vast land for the construction of a golf park as support to tourism promotion and the district as a whole.

William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent