Author Archives: Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lawmakers including the female caucus has commended the people of Sierra Leone for their courage of overcoming the civil war and expressed hope for the new Sierra Leone. They made this statement after having a conducted tour of the Peace Museum in Special Court where they were showed and […]

The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and its agencies (National Tourist Board, Monument and Relics Commission) have welcomed the first batch of 690 participants with 300 vehicles and motorbikes for the Budapest-Bamako Freetown Challenge finish line event at Gigibonta Car Park, Lumley Beach, Freetown. The participants including three Sierra Leoneans (Drizilik, Ibrahim Cole and Mohamed Waritay)[…]

The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, and its subvented Agencies ,the National Tourist Board and the Monuments and Relics Commission, are thrilled to flag off the Travel and Hospitality month as part of the year long Tourism for all campaign, aimed at creating awareness for domestic tourism,in the country today,February 1st, and running through to the[…]

In what has been a successful participation at this years Fitur International Trade Fair, destination Sierra Leone made remarkable inroads and partnerships during the global showpiece event in Madrid. In an official visit by Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Mrs. Nabeela Farida Tunis and team to UN Tourism Headquarters in Madrid, the Secretary-General, Zurab[…]

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) enters a new era today with a new name and brand: UN Tourism. With this new brand, the Organization reaffirms its status as the United Nations specialized agency for tourism and the global leader of tourism for development, driving social and economic change to ensure that “people and planet” are always center[…]

Sierra Leone’s Hon. Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu B. Pratt declared 2020 as the year of Domestic Tourism in Sierra Leone at the Token Beach beach bars and Resorts. Tourism is a private sector-driven, an entrepreneur named Mr. Issa Basma said he priorities the call of the Ministry and its subvented agencies to promote[…]

The minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs Dr. Menunatu Pratt meets with hotel operators, travel agents and tour operators today at the conference hall of the Ministry. The purpose of the meet was to call on all stakeholders in Hotel and travel industry to come on board to promote tourism, she declared this year as a year[…]

The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, it’s Agencies and the World Bank will be hosting a National Consultative meeting on the presentation of assessments of selected touristic sites for Product Development, supported under the Economic Diversification Project. The event is scheduled to take place on Thursday 6th February, at the Miatta Conference Hall at 08:30 am.[…]

Its amazing and Sierraously surprising to see such a mass number of tourists since the 80s when tourism was at the peak. Well, the continuous marketing and rebranding process has begun to yield substantial results, as these arrivals said it all. For this year 2020 February has recorded quite a huge number of arrivals from Denmark to[…]