GTA Announces Plans to Create Ghana’s First Amusement Park

Maame Efya Houadjeto, the CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has disclosed plans to build Ghana’s first amusement park in Cape Coast.

At the 2025 Ghana-China Business Summit, which took place on June 23, 2025, Maame Efya Houadjeto revealed new tourist initiatives aimed at making Ghana one of the top travel destinations in Africa.

She announced that the amusement park would be the first of its kind and is set to be established in the Central region.

“We want to create the first Amusement park in Ghana, and we are looking at Cape Coast. We are looking to create the very first state of the art Amusement Park to add to our tourism destination,” she said.

Maame Efua Houadjeto also called on investors to construct eco-friendly hostels as tourist sites.

In addition, she announced plans to build more event centers in Accra and the Central Region to attract more events. This, she noted, is part of efforts to improve infrastructure for tourism.