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As part of COVID-19 containment measures, the World Health Organization
(WHO) declared the rapidly spreading disease to be a pandemic on 11 March
2020, (WHO, 2020), leading to most countries in Africa declaring a state of
emergency. Zimbabwe, in…

This thesis presents findings from a study that investigated the reintegration experiences of the returned Ghanaian migrants from Libya. The study, which was conducted in four communities employed qualitative methods to uncover the many complexities…

Few tourism sites possess the combined attributes of dark tourism and diaspora tourism, and journeys to these liminal spaces can unearth complex and nuanced emotions. While previous studies have added knowledge to the experiences of diaspora…

Municipal solid waste is recognised as an obnoxious local development challenge in many developing countries. The continuous struggle to ensure sustainable waste management in Ghana is a challenge of inadequate data on waste generation and the…

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in home-stay arrangements in Ghana’s cultural city, Kumasi, and further assess NGO intermediation of home-stay from home-stay operators’ and…

Results
The results of the study revealed roles that could be broadly grouped into coordinator, conciliator, and marketer/promoter (Figure 1). The coordination roles basically are geared towards ensuring that guests are placed in appropriate…

While volunteer tourism organizations (VTOs) remain important intermediaries in the practice of volunteer tourism, questions remain on the role they play in serving the interests of host communities. This paper explores the role(s) of VTOs in a rural…

This paper presents findings from a study that investigated the experiences of the returning Ghanaian migrants from Libya during the Arab Spring of 2011. The study used qualitative methods to explore involuntary return and reintegration of migrants…

The hospitality, travel, tourism, and events industry remains one of the hardest-hit casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. This conceptual paper examines responses to COVID-19 by the government of Ghana and its implication for tourism businesses. It…

The Government of Ghana stresses the need for diversifying the nation's economic structure so emphasizes on the important role of the cocoa sector was made and a target of achieving one million metric tons of cocoa output by 2010 (NDPC 2006; IITA…