The Ghana Tourism Authority, GTA, has closed down 31 facilities in the Eastern Region including hotels, guest houses, hostels, restaurants, bars and motels, for not having operational licenses.
A statement by the Eastern Regional Director of the GTA, Frederick Adjei-Rudolph said it took three days for the enforcement task force to carry out the exercise.
It said service delivery and safety of patrons to these tourism facilities could not be taken for granted, hence, the exercise to clamp down on those facilities operating without license.
The GTA mentioned issues of compromising on standards of facilities, security and safety of patrons as another area that needs to be checked.
The authority stressed the need for effective collaboration of all stakeholders to look out for the GTA valid operational license, which is supposed to be boldly displayed at the reception, urging clients not to patronize facilities without operational licenses
