Kingsley E.Hope
With support from the Ghana Tourism Development Company
(GTDC) and the Ghana Tourism Development Project (GTDP), the day's training was
designed to transfer critical information about tourism to the drivers amongst
others.
It addressed the low level of appreciation of the key role
drivers' play in the tourism eco-system.
It also used to discuss concerns by tourists about the lack
of customers' service in the delivery of services by some transport operators
in the country.
About 100 taxi drivers drawn from various Taxi Unions such
as Abuakwa, Ayigya, and KNUST attended the training programme.
Deputy Minister of the MOTAC, Mr Mark Okraku Mantey,
addressing the meeting claimed that there had been incidents where taxi drivers
had unfortunately been unfairly portraying the country in a negative light.
According to the Deputy Minister, the government was poised
to promote tourism in the country and that taxi drivers were key stakeholders,
hence training them was vital.
"... So let us make the best out of it, every
individual in the value chain needs to be aligned with the President's vision
to make tourism the number one contributor to the country's gross domestic
product," he emphasised.
He told them of the importance of tourism as an important
source of national income and job creation.
About 3,000 taxi drivers, he said would undergo the special
training programme dubbed, "Tourism Product Knowledge Training for
Transport Service Providers."
The Chief Executive Officer of the GTDC, Mr Kwadwo Antwi,
thanked the drivers for their enthusiasm to make the programme a success.
Mr Kwadwo Asante, Chairman of the Hiatopre Drivers Union,
was full of praise for the MOTAC for the training.
He said "since I started driving taxi in 1980, I have
not attended such a training programme, this is the first time and I thank the
government."
Each of them took home tourism branded T-shirts, certificate
and driver's tourism brochure.
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