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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[…]

Fitur held at Féria de Madrid in Spain is an opener of every tourism industry year and global tourism specialists to converge and share experiences. Sierra Leone’s presence at this Fitur Expo 2020 from 22-26 of January is to promote and market the tourism and investment potentials of the country to over 10,000 companies and over 142,000[…]

The Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and Statistics Sierra Leone have launched the National Tourism Census Report at the Miatta Conference Centre in Freetown on Monday January 13, 2020. According to the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt the report is the mother of all Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping in Sierra Leone.[…]

In what has been described as a strategic move to safeguard the country’s heritage assets, President Julius Maada Bio has unveiled the historic clock tower on Bonthe Sherbro Island. The tower which was restored by the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs through the nation’s heritage protection entity, Monuments and Relics Commission, would greatly improve the time[…]

The first the biggest cruise ship in Europe – MS Hamburg ( 420 passengers on board). This is the first time a cruise ship has to call Freetown on Christmas day. Tell the world that Sierra Leone is ready for tourism. Thanks to all that makes this possible.

I had a serene Christmas break at the Outamba-Kilimi National Park in Northern Sierra Leone. So exciting to see monkeys jumping from branch to branch in towering cotton trees and to enjoy the brilliance of what seemed like a thousand stars in the night sky. The highlight was a canoe ride down the Little Scarcies River where[…]

IslandAid in collaboration with MTCA organises program on Island Innovative Climate Action & Cultural Fiesta. 20th-22nd Dec at Tasso Island. Abdul Malik & Momoduu Conteh rep the Ministry.