{
  "id": 1657180,
  "title": "Tuk-Tuk expedition highlights Ghana’s untapped tourism potential",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/tuk-tuk-expedition-highlights-ghanas-untapped-tourism-potential",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T06:54:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/tuk-tuk-expedition-highlights-ghanas-untapped-tourism-potential/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Princess Umul Hatiyya Ibrahim Mahama, the Founder of the PUH Foundation, embarked on a 90-day tuk-tuk expedition across Ghana’s 16 regions in a journey that lasted 90 days. The expedition aimed to showcase Ghana’s untapped tourism potential, raise awareness about special schools, and raise funds for the Savelugu and Ashanti Schools for the Deaf, targeting GH¢ two million for infrastructure improvements and learning materials. Despite challenges like rainy season travel and concerns about her age and health, Mahama, who has visited 90 countries, described Ghana as a \"paradise\" with immense tourism potential. She highlighted the country’s rich cultural heritage, diverse landscapes, and historical sites as significant draws, but also identified obstacles such as poor sanitation, environmental degradation, illegal mining, and inadequate infrastructure as barriers to the sector’s growth.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}