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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in Northern Ghana: Role of Local Governments for Destination Recovery

In: COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for Recovery

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  • Tanko Daniel Dawda

    (Department of History and Political Science, Faculty of Social Science and Arts, Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies)

  • Dramani Juah M-Buu File

    (Department of Local Governance & City Management, Faculty of Public Policy and Governance, Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies)

Abstract

In Ghana, the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected every facet of life and the tourism industry. The partial lockdown, restrictions on movement, a ban on social and public gatherings and closure of airports, land and sea borders brought tourism and related activities to a halt for several months. This chapter examines how the pandemic impacted northern Ghana’s tourism industry and the local government’s role in long-term destination recovery. Using qualitative research-inspired approaches, the results show that the COVID-19 pandemic adversely impacted tourism in northern Ghana. There were significant reductions in daily and monthly numbers of tourists/visitors, a fall in revenues, slow local economic development and activities during the pandemic in all the sites and the host communities. The municipal and district assemblies for the respective sites offered financial support and provision of safety equipment and facilities to site authorities to enhance the recovery of tourism destinations. We conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted the tourism sector in northern Ghana and that the recovery process was still slow for both the tourism sector and the local economic development. It is recommended that significant investments from municipal and district assemblies and other public and private sector actors be made to enhance recovery and build a resilient tourism sector to future shocks in northern Ghana.

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  • Tanko Daniel Dawda & Dramani Juah M-Buu File, 2023. "Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in Northern Ghana: Role of Local Governments for Destination Recovery," Springer Books, in: Kaitano Dube & Godwell Nhamo & MP Swart (ed.), COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for Recovery, chapter 0, pages 199-215, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-22257-3_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22257-3_11
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