Samuel Addai Agyekum
THE SEKYERE Kumawu District Assembly (SKDA) has resolved to use its tourism potential to promote the area’s accelerated growth and development.
According to the assembly, it was determined to become an attractive national tourism destination, as well as an international prominent tourism hub.
Samuel Addai Agyekum, District Chief Executive (DCE), SKDA, who mentioned this said, “SKDA’s vision is to become Ghana’s foremost number one irresistible and attractive national tourism destination and an international model destination case study for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and other analogue bilateral and multilateral development agencies.”
The DCE said, “SKDA has drawn and is executing an ambitious District-wide Kumawu Waterfalls Resort Project for the area.”
Mr. Addai Agyekum named Kumawu Waterfalls, located at Kumawu-Temante, and Bomfobiri Waterfalls, also found within the Kumawu Forest Reserve, as well as the Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary as the area’s three most prized natural assets, which are the lead and key focal assets in the assembly’s tourism development adventure.
The assembly, the DCE noted, had “drawn an ambitious and attractive multi-purpose and multi-million Barima Sarfo Tweneboa Kodua Sports Bar and Park, a receptive facility consisting of children playgrounds and others for the Kumawu Waterfalls.”
He mentioned other aspects in the tourism development plan for the Kumawu Waterfalls which include the Waterfalls Enhancement, Canopy walkways, Zip-Lines, Forest Hiking Paths and Bird Watching among others.
The DCE announced that several investment opportunities existed in the provision of accommodation, catering, arts and artifacts, and cottage industries, among others.
He, therefore, invited investors home and abroad, to direct their investments to the area, for maximum returns.
The Sekyere Kumawu District Assembly (SKDA) was established in 2012 by Legislative Instrument (LI) 2171.