First passenger vessel docks at Elmina Harbour with 115 tourists

Ghana’s tourism industry received a boost when a passenger cruise vessel docked at the Elmina Fishing Harbour in the Central Region last Thursday, with 115 tourists from across the world.

A statement from the Takoradi Port said through the maiden call by SH Vega, the Elmina Fishing Harbour, which the government built primarily to assist the fisherfolk, had now assumed the dual role of being a fishing port and cruise destination port of call.

The statement said SH Vega dropped its anchor in the Elmina waters, about 8.8 cables away from the port’s main breakwater. “It then lowered its Zodiac (inflatable boats) into the water before carefully disembarking the 115 passengers and crew members into the zodiac in safe batches,” the statement added.

Mr Amoo-Bediako said it was important the government, through the Ministry of Transport and its Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, and the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) actualised the vision in the construction of the Elmina Fishing Harbour to assist the fishing activities of the people of Elmina and its environs.

He noted that the call of SH Vega at the Elmina Fishing Harbour presented endless opportunities to the port in particular, and the Elmina township as a whole.

The Elmina Harbour was inaugurated in 2023 under the auspices of the Ministry of Transport and has since been critical to the fishing activities in the area, a hotbed for fishing, tourism and history.

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