A.A COUNTRY SIDE HOTEL BOOSTS TOURISM EFFORTS IN PAGA 13th Feb. 2019
A few entrepreneurs, including
indigenes from the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region of
Ghana, have endeavoured to invest in the district but that one citizen, who has
made a huge and tremendous investment statement in the district’s capital Paga,
is the Chief Executive Officer [CEO] of the A.A Country Side Hotel, Mr. Allan L. Ayiatey.
On a guided tour later on, I found out the hotel has spacious air-conditioned rooms with an option to use a ceiling fan if one chooses, large exquisite beds, each room connected to multi TV decoders and equipped with modern bath tabs, visitor’s sofa and a study desk among others. Also available is a spacious conference hall with public address system perfect for workshops and training programmes. The hotel has a car parking bay, its razor-wire fenced and has CCTV cameras installed as a security back-up.
A.A Country Side Hotel is a modern magnificent 14-Room
hotel building, strategically sited on your entry into Paga from Navrongo just
about a minute-and-half [2-Mins.] drive from the Paga Police Station making a
branch on your right. Meanwhile, guests entering Ghana from Burkina Faso
through the Paga border, can easily locate the hotel after driving past the
Paga Pio’s beautiful palace in about three-to-four [4-Mins.] and taking left
turn just on the directional sign post.
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Rooms at A Glance |
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The Guest Rooms At a Glance |
In a refreshing chat with the
hotel’s CEO Mr. Allan on Wednesday February 13, 2019 at the hotel’s very
welcoming premises, he said while serving in Ghana’s army some decades ago, he
always nursed the idea of returning home to invest and by extension, create
jobs for his compatriots. He said in this direction, putting up the hotel
became paramount among other ideas and so, after acquiring the plot of land and
never looking back, the famous hotel christened as the A.A Country Hotel Side
Hotel was officially opened to the public in February, 2016.
According to Mr. Allan, some close
friends and other people he consulted, advised him against undertaking such a
venture in the north of Ghana and even farther up in Paga arguing that, he
would not recoup his capital among other reasons. But being a man of his word
and one who trusts his instincts, he defied the odds and today, A.A Country Side Hotel has no doubt
boosted the efforts of promoting tourism in the Kassena-Nankana West District
by hosting countless numbers of both Ghanaian and foreign guests.
Many of these guests he added, have
heard and read about the tourist attractions in the area such as the Paga
Crocodile ponds, the Pikoro Slave Camp among other sites and they keep trooping
to the district to have a personal feel of these sites and as well, have taste
of “our local Kassena delicacies such as Pέla, Kwosey [beans cake and beans
fry respectively], Mum Na [millet flour water] and Maasa [millet cake] among
many others.
Mr. Allan remarked with joy and
satisfaction that, when majority of these visitors and tourists come into the
area, the A.A Country Side Hotel has
always been their choice hotel as their comfort, and other domestic needs were
always met and satisfied at his hotel. He stated that Ghana Tourism Authority
staff had visited the hotel over time and that the hotel’s facilities have been
up to the billing as he ensured that acceptable standards were met from
construction to operationalisation of the facility.
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The Set of Sounds Equipment At The Hotel |
He also disclosed he was currently
executing an additional project as an Annex which will comprise a standard
swimming pool and self-contained apartments for guests who call in with
specialised lodging needs. He added that pool parties and other events could be
hosted at the Annex while at the moment, the main hotel has a set of
professional sounds that provide music and excellent public address services
for any occasion including wedding, naming and funeral receptions as well as
any social gathering.
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The Set of Sounds Equipment At The Hotel |
On a guided tour later on, I found out the hotel has spacious air-conditioned rooms with an option to use a ceiling fan if one chooses, large exquisite beds, each room connected to multi TV decoders and equipped with modern bath tabs, visitor’s sofa and a study desk among others. Also available is a spacious conference hall with public address system perfect for workshops and training programmes. The hotel has a car parking bay, its razor-wire fenced and has CCTV cameras installed as a security back-up.
If you ask me, I cannot personally
choose any other hotel in the Kassena-Nankana West District as a first choice
as far as the A.A Country Side Hotel
remains operational.
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