Use Ghana 2008 to advertise Ghanaian dishes-Tourist Board

Use Ghana 2008 to advertise Ghanaian dishes-Tourist Board News Date: 14th January 2008 Mr. William Ayambire, the Northern Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourist Board, has appealed to food vendors and drinking bar operators to take advantage of the 2008 African Cup of Nations to held in the country this month to market popular Ghanaian dishes. He cited that Fufu, Banku and Tuo Zafi,(TZ) prepared with groundnut soup and guinea fowl meat could be well packaged for foreigners who would be in the country for the tournament. Mr. Ayambire was speaking at a two-day training workshop organised by the Tourist Board in collaboration with Cook Art Ghana, for food vendors and chop bar and drinking bar operators in Tamale on Saturday. The workshop was aimed at educating participants on how to improve upon their service delivery and the need to ensure personal and environmental hygiene, especially at the areas of operations. Mr. Ayambire asked service providers to be polite, avoid cheating their customers and to entertain them with Ghanaian music and traditional dances to portray Ghanaian culture during the event. He also cautioned service providers not to engage the services of teenagers, which could be misconstrued as child labour by foreigners who might not understand Ghanaian culture. Madam Bella Ahu, National Coordinator of Cook Art Ghana, said the group in collaboration with the Tourist Board had trained over 3,000 Chop bar and drinking bar operators throughout the country in preparation for the tournament.