Tourism Federation cries for sponsorship to train hoteliers on security

The training, according to the Federation, will be done in conjunction with the Police.

This comes on the back of a terror alert by National Security, asking Ghanaians to be wary of a "credible" threat of attacks in Ghana.

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The warning follows attacks in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast last week, which killed several people and destroyed properties.

Security experts have said that public places including hotels, restaurants, malls and other public places that attract a lot of foreigners are prone to attacks.

The Ghana Tourism Federation has subsequently asked hoteliers to be vigilant as it also institutes training programmes to educate them on basic security measures.

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President of the Federation, David Nana Anim has however said the training programme would not be successful without adequate sponsorship from the general public.

"We at GHATOF, we have instituted a programme, and we are doing it in conjunction with the Police command.

"We are looking for sponsorship. As we speak now we have the documents right in front of me and we are looking for sponsors to come on board so that we can tell every single operator that these are some of the things that they need to look out for," he told Radio Ghana.

Mr David Nana Anim further asked hoteliers to be vigilant and report any suspicious character they find around their hotels to the police.