“IS WAITING FOR DEATH THE ONLY WAY TO PROMOTE TOURISM?” Afia Schwarzenegger Asks Govt

“Ghanaians love funerals and it is fertile ground for tourism. When there are funerals, people gather at places. What we want to do with the Ghana Tourism Authority, GTA is that whenever there are funerals, we’ll also find tourist attractions in those areas where the funerals occur so that when they finish, [we can] bus those who attend the funerals to key tourist sites. We’re going to serve a lot of Ghanaian dishes at the funerals, Ghanaian drinks, sobolo [hibiscus tea] and co,” he noted.

Afia Schwarzenegger, who had previously criticized the minister’s remarks on Instagram, expressed her heartache at what she perceived as a lack of empathy and forward-thinking within the government. She found it lamentable and distressing that the government’s primary idea for boosting tourism seemed to revolve around waiting for people to pass away.

She raised critical questions about who should bear the cost of this approach in the name of tourism and whether the government felt any remorse for not providing quality healthcare and education for its citizens.

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