Financial Services Expansion Driven by Tourism: Enhancing Transactions for Visitors and Sierraย Leoneansย Alike

Financial Services Expansion > As tourists converge on Sierra Leone, a flurry of financial transactions is expected, and does ensue. In order to effectively cater to this, banks and other financial institutions expand financial services. By adding to their financial services portfolio in order to facilitate smoother transactions for tourists, financial institution also enable Sierra […]

Tourism Levy: A Key Contributor to Sierra Leone’s Economic Growth and Public Services

Tax Revenue is essential to the development of the Sierra Leonean economy, and tourism contributes immensely to this. One significant example is the Torism Levy, a 2% tax introduced by the government on accommodation, food, drinks, and other services offered by tourism establishments. This levy along with other taxes help the government with the much […]

Minister Nabeela Tunis Calls for Community Action to Protect Bureh Beach from Illegal Sand Mining

Safeguarding Bureh Beach: Minister Nabeela Tunis Urges Community Action Against Illegal Sand Mining During her inspection visit to the Bureh Beach Village World Bank funded construction site under the Sierra Leone Economic Diversification Project (SLEDP) on September 20, 2024, the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Nabeela Farida Tunis, received several complaints from residents regarding […]

Tourism Ministry, Tacugama launch adventurous mid-day track to Sierra Leone’s highest peak, Mount Bintumnai

Tourism Ministry, Tacugama launch adventurous mid-day track to Sierra Leone’s highest peak, Mount Bintumnai. The endeavor is part of a tourism circuit to take people to Mount Bintumani Watch on Tourism Official YouTube Channel ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ https://youtu.be/kr0ICqJWpJs?si=Wu-hKw5r3mwo4pWS Attachments area Preview YouTube video Tourism Ministry, Tacugama launch adventurous mid-day track to Mount Bintumani

Skills Development: Empowering Sierra Leoneans to Elevate Tourism through Vocational Training

Skills acquisition > As more tourists visit Sierra Leone, the need for better service delivery becomes paramount. More chefs for hospitality establishments are needed, as well as more skilled fashion designers, artisans, bakers, computer scientists, and many other professionals whose services are necessary for the delivery of a world-class tourism experience. All over Sierra Leone […]

Sierra Leone Makes Triumphant Return to the 2024 French Tourism Fair After Five-Year Hiatus

๐™Ž๐™ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ง๐™– ๐™‡๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ข ๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง 2024 ๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š-๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™จ ย ๐™†๐™–๐™ž ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™š-๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™šย  ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‹.๐™. -๐™‰๐™๐˜ฝ ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™‰๐™ค. ๐™‰๐™B-๐™„๐™๐™๐™ˆ- 01 ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š โ€“ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง 17, 2024: ๐™„๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™™๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก ๐™จ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š, ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ง๐™– ๐™‡๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ข ๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง 2024 ๐™–๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™– ๐™›๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š-๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™จ. […]

Tourism as a Catalyst for Cultural Exchange and Innovation in Sierra Leone

Tourism fosters cultural exchange programs. Locals learn new skills or ideas from tourists and vice versa, and this knowledge transfer leads to innovations that benefit the local community. For revealing insights about tourism in Sierra Leone, follow @ministryoftourismca_sl (IG) @mtcasierraleone (X) Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs (FB) Image credit:ย heleninwonderlust.co.uk;ย tiwaiisland.org #Tourismforall #IAmSalone #TourizmNaAllManBizness #SierraLeoneEconomicDiversificationProject #WorldBank […]

President Bio champions Local Agriculture for Nutrition, Jobs, and Food Security

President Julius Maada Bio emphasized that locally grown food in Sierra Leone is more nutritious than imported alternatives, while symbolically harvesting his farm. He encouraged Sierra Leoneans to embrace agriculture, highlighting his own ventures in fish farming, poultry, and vegetable cultivation as examples of profitable and sustainable farming. Bio urged the nation to capitalize on […]