Eventz and More, a group manned by some youth in the Upper East Region has set-out to project the Region with activities that will promote domestic tourism. As part of efforts to project the region, the group over the weekend on May 7, 2022 organized a hiking event at the popular Tongo Hills in the Talensi District.
The hiking event had the youth, children and the working-class participating in what will remain a memorable moment for them. The activity started at about 8:30 and ended few minutes to 12:00pm with patrons returning to the forecourt of the Talensi District Assembly to pitch camp after hours of mountain climbing.
Revelers get a beautiful view of the region from the top of the Tongo Hills. The hills come with giant Baobab trees and boulders that define a rather beautiful landscape that draws both tourists and religious pilgrims.
The Hills comprise of twenty square kilometers, but remains richly laced with history, religious significance, and serves as great place for a weekend activity of fun and holidaying.
The Tongo Hills give visitors of Talenteng, a fantastic view and remains a beautiful site of nature to behold and if one happens to be visiting the area in March, you will as well get to experience one of the region’s vibrant festivals which is the Golob Festival.
Coordinator for Eventz and More, Yiranbon Philip explained to Dreamz News that the hiking event was to take advantage of the tourism potential the place offers.
He added that beyond the fun, the essence is to promote tourism in the Upper East Region as he be promises that his outfit will organize more events to help people connect with nature.
“This was necessary in the sense that almost all the programmes in the region are just about clubbing so we wanted to have the fun with our health in mind and to take advantage of some of the tourist sites in the region. We want people to know that we can really have fun and let people also know that we have more interesting places that are worth visiting so we’re using this hiking as a test.
People should expect more from us and we will continue to take advantage of the tourist sites and to project the region through tourism “. He noted.
Patrons were happy to have been part of the event while calling for the frequent organization of such events.
One of the patrons, Ato Dadzie, affectionately called Barrister Eva Amekudzi of the Kejetia vs Makola fame described the event as an exciting one as he calls for the use of social media to promote these sites in the region.
“This is the first time I’m taking part in something like this and I think we should use social media to get these things out there. We need to let people get to know about these activities and sites in the Upper East Region”. He said.
