Ghana’s tourism industry on Thursday, April 18 got a further boost when the Elmina Fishing Harbour in Elmina, with the support of GPHA Port of Takoradi received the first cruise vessel to call at the Port since its commissioning in 2023 under the auspices of the Ministry of Transport.
The vessel anchored about eight cables away from the main breakwater and approximately 120 passengers disembarked at the Fishing Harbour via a Zodiac craft . They were en route to various tourist installations in the Central Region.
The nationalities of the passengers aboard the cruise vessel included Australia, Austria, China, France, Germany, Greece, Russia, and Nigeria among others.
The vessel had previously sailed to some ports including Angola, Benin, Congo, Gabon, Togo and São Tomé.
The Director of Port, Mr Peter Amoo-Bediako, lauded the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Transport and its Sector Minister, Hon. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah for the vision in the construction of the Elmina Fishing Harbour to assist the fishing activities of the people Elmina and its environs.
He noted that the call of SH Vega at the Elmina Fishing Harbour presented endless opportunities to the Port, in particular, and the Elmina township as a whole.
