Travel and Tourism

Tour Operators with Links in Ghana	Ghana Tourism Official Website
Selected Hotels in Ghana	Importation of Motor Vehicles

Ghana is and has always been a special Africa – a different Africa with a wide range of attractions and facilities. It dazzles you with its historic past, and charms you with that natural beauty which envelopes you wherever you go.

Indeed for the traveller, Ghana is that latter-day unknown, unexplored and certainly unexploited destination which abounds in an unbelievable array of excitingly striking attractions, succinctly distinctive and peculiar to each of the ten regions in Ghana. There are miles and miles of sun drenched and unspoilt beaches to discover as well as national parks which boast of unique flora and fauna.

Indeed for the traveller, Ghana is that latter-day unknown, unexplored and certainly unexploited destination which abounds in an unbelievable array of excitingly striking attractions, succinctly distinctive and peculiar to each of the ten regions in Ghana. There are miles and miles of sun drenched and unspoilt beaches to discover as well as national parks which boast of unique flora and fauna.

Tour operators with Links in Ghana

Alpha Holidays Alpha Holidays Limited Suite 406 71 Bondway Vauxhall London SW8 1SQ Tel: +44 (0) 207 793 1667 Fax: +44 (0) 207 793 1985 E-mail: sales@alphaholidays.co.uk Website: alphaholidays.com		Ophra Air Travel Ophra Air Travel Mercy House 3 Bramblands Close Clapham Junction London SW11 2NR Tel: +44 (0) 207 924 5888 Mobile: +44 (0) 956 539679 Fax: +44 (0) 207 924 5999
Pan African Travel Pan African Travel Linburn House 342 Kilburn High Road London NW6 2OJ Tel: +44 (0) 207 328 8302 / 328 9521 Fax: +44 (0) 207 624 4100		OGR Travel & Tours OGR Travel & Tours Ltd. Camberwell Business Centre 99-103 Lomond Grove London SE5 7HN Tel: +44 (0) 207 708 5924 / 732 6492 / +44 (0) 7808 502765 E-mail: ogr@africaonline.com.gh
Sankofa Tours Tel: +44 (0) 700 535 5227 +44 (0) 7930 633608 Fax: +44 (0) 207 624 4100		ATS & Ghana Tours Pan African Travel Suite 406 71 Bondway Vauxhall London SW8 1SQ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7630 5434 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7630 5470
Explore Worldwide Explore Worldwide Ltd 1 Frederick Street Aldershot Hants GU1J 1LQ United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1252 760000 Fax: +44 (0) 1252 760001		New Look Travel New Look Travel Harlesden London, NW10 4TR Tel: +44 (0) 208 965 8212 Fax:+44 (0) 208 961 7025
Baraza Tours Baraza Tours P.O. Box 39 136-138 Kingsland High Street London, E8 2RS Tel: +44 (0) 207 503 0394 Fax: +44 (0) 208 880 1290		Exodus Travel Exodus Travel 9 Weir Road London SW12 0LT Tel: +44 (0) 208 675 5550 Fax: +44 (0) 208 673 0779
Ghana Travel Limited Ghana Travel Limited 5 Norfolk Close Barnsley S71 2LZ United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1226 233734 Fax: +44 (0) 1226 232508 E-mail: sales@ghanatravel.co.uk Website: www.ghanatravel.co.uk		African World Travel Services African World Travel Services Radnor House 5th Floor, Suite 501 93 Regent Street London W1R 7TG Tel: +44 (0) 207 734 7181 / 7182
Flight Travel Centre 36A West Green Road London N15 5NP Tel / Fax: +44 (0) 208 8800 4111 Mobile: +44 (0) 771 333 2226		Nubian Travel Services 129 Cranbourne Waye Hayes, Middlesex UB4 0HR Tel: 020 8797 9660 Fax: 020 8797 9628 Email: nubiantravel@cwcom.net Website: www.nubiantravel.co.uk

Selected Hotels in Ghana

Greater Accra Region

1) La Palm Royal Beach Hotel	Tel : +233 21 771641, 771660 Fax: +233 21 771717
2) Golden Tulip Hotel	Tel : +233 21 775360 Fax: +233 21 775361
3) Labadi Beach Hotel	Tel : +233 21 772501, 776993 Fax: +233 21 774873
4) Novotel Hotel	Tel : +233 21 667546 Fax: +233 21 667533
5) Hotel Shangri-La	Tel : +233 21 777500, 776993 Fax: +233 21 774873
6) Mariset Hotel	Tel : +233 21 774434 Fax: +233 21 772085
7) Nogahill Hotel	Tel : +233 21 500121-2 Fax: +233 21 501002
8) Secaps Hotel	Tel : +233 21 500206 Fax: +233 21 500209
9) North Ridge Hotel	Tel : +233 21 225809 Fax: +233 21 221417
10) Sunrise Hotel	Tel : +233 21 224575 Fax: +233 21 224575
11) Granada Hotel	Tel : +233 21 775343 Fax: +233 21 774880

Ashanti Region

1) Hotel Georgia	Tel: (233-51) 24154
2) Hotel Royal Basin	Tel: (233-51) 60144
3) Sir Max Hotel	Tel: (233-51) 25222
4) Roses Guest House	Tel: (233-51) 24072
5) Noks Hotel	Tel: (233-51) 24162

Eastern Region

1) Volta Hotel PLM Azur (Akosombo)	Tel: (233-251) 20731
2) Lakeside Motel (Akosombo)	Tel: (233-251) 20310
3) Aburi Botanical Garden Hotel (Aburi)	Tel: (233-876) 22022 / 22037
4) St James Hotel (Koforidua)	Tel: (233-81) 23165
5) Hotel Eredec (Koforidua)	Tel: (233-81) 23234
6) Partner’s May Hotel (Koforidua)	Tel: (233-81) 231138 Fax: (233-81) 23417

Western Region

1) Hillcrest Hotel (Takoradi)	Tel: (233-31) 22277 Fax: (233-31) 22773
2) Busua Beach Hotel (Busua)	Tel: (233-31) 21210 / 21858-9
3) Takoradi Beach Hotel (Takoradi)	Tel: (233-31) 21021 / 21031
4) Lagoonside Hotel (Sekondi)	Tel: (233-31) 46879
5) Lynka Hotel (Tarkwa)	Tel: (233-362) 412
6) Tandoh’s Hotel (Tarkwa)

Brong Ahafo Region

1) Tropical Hotel (Sunyani)	Tel: (233-61) 7179
2) Dymms Hotel (Techiman)	Tel: (233-653) 2112

Northern Region

1) Picorna Hotel (Tamale)	Tel: (233-71) 22070
2) Las Hotel (Tamale)	Tel: (233-71) 22158

Central Region

1) Elmina Beach Resort (Elmina)	Tel: (233-42) 34355 / 33105 / 33742/3 Fax: (233-42) 34359 / 33714
2) Coconut Grove Beach Resort (Elmina)	Tel: (233-42) 33637 / 33648 / 33650 Fax: (233-42) 33646
3) Harmony Beach Hotel (Cape Coast)	Tel: (233-42) 33678/9/33681
4) Biriwa Beach Hotel (Cape Coast)	Tel: (233-42) 33111/33222
5) Oyster Bay Hotel (Elmina)	Tel: (233-42) 33605 /33643

Volta Region

1) Villa Cisneros (Sogakope)	Tel: (233-21) 500121/2 Fax: (233-21) 501002
2) Keta Beach Hotel (Keta)	Tel: (233-966) 288
3) Woezor Hotel (Ho)	Tel: (233-91) 8339

Upper West Region

1) Upland Hotel	Tel: (233-756) 22180
2) Diocesan Guest House	Tel: (233-715) 22375

Upper East Region

1) Sand Gardens Hotel	Tel: (233-72) 23464
2) Black Star Hotel	Tel: (233-72) 22346
3) Hotel St. Joseph	Tel: (233-72) 23214

Information on Importation of Motor Vehicles

A. General Information

In accordance with the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (Management) (Amendment) Act, 1998 (Act 552) and Act 565, 1999 the following general provisions are made to regulate the importation of vehicles:

1. No motor-car or commercial vehicle of more than ten years old shall be imported into the country.
2. The master or agent of any aircraft or ship or carrier who conveys a motor car or commercial vehicle of more than ten years old into the country shall incur a pecuniary penalty of twenty-five million cedis on each imported motor-car or commercial vehicle and the vehicle shall be forfeited to the state.
3. Any importer of a motor-car or commercial vehicle imported over land and which is more than ten years old shall incur a pecuniary penalty of twenty-five million cedis on each imported vehicle and the vehicle shall be forfeited to the State. No person shall import any right-hand steering motor vehicle into the country.
4. Any vehicle that remains un-entered and un-cleared within sixty (60) days after discharge or in the case of overland vehicle, from the date it crossed the national border into Ghana shall be forfeited to the state.
5. Commercial Vehicle includes buses, coaches, trucks, lorries, tippers that is vehicles generally falling under H.S. Codes 87.02 and 87.04.

NB: The age of a motor vehicle under the CEPS Law is calculated with effect from the year in which the motor vehicle was first manufactured.

B. Rate Of Taxes

	TYPE OF VEHICLE	IMPORT DUTY	VAT
	Ambulances	Free	Exempt
	Motor cars: Designed for travelling on snow, golf cars and similar vehicles. Other motor cars including motor hearse, cross country and estate cars: Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1900cc. Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1900cc but not exceeding 3000cc Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 3000cc	12.5%
	Motor vehicles designed to carry ten (10) or more persons (for example buses and coaches)	Free	12.5%
	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods such as trucks, tippers and lorries	Free	12.5%
	Tractors of H.S. Code 87.01: Agricultural tractors Other tractors of HS code 87.01 such as pedestrian control and track-laying tractors Road tractors for semi-trailers
	Special purpose vehicles of HS Code 87.05 (for example, workshop vans, breakdown vehicle and mobile showrooms)
	Motor bikes
	Bicycles

NB. ALL OTHER VEHICLES NOT COVERED HERE ATTRACT 12.5% VAT

C. For the purposes of levying taxes the value of a vehicle shall be deemed to be the Home Delivery Value depreciated as below plus the Freight and insurance as stipulated under Section 90 of PNDC Law 330, 1993.

Where the age of a used motor-vehicle does not exceed six months		The price shall be deemed to be the first Purchase Price.
Where the age exceeds six months but does not exceed one and a half years		Eighty-five percentum of the first Purchase Price
Where the age exceeds one and half years but does not exceed two and a half years		Seventy percentum of the first Purchase Price
Where the age exceeds two and half but does not exceed five years		Sixty percentum of the first Purchase Price
Where the age exceeds five years		Fifty percentum of purchase Price.