WTM Africa’s Responsible Tourism awards spotlighted champions in the space for initiatives truly making a difference.

The primary goal of WTM Africa’s Responsible Tourism award is to unearth, acknowledge, and promote good practice.

These are the reasons that the judges chose to recognise these businesses and organisations including the Cultural Oneness Festival organised by The Taste Of Afrika in the WTM Africa Responsible Tourism Awards.

The judges of WTM Africa’s Responsible Tourism awards tipped the Cultural Oneness Festival as “One to Watch”.

“The purpose of the Cultural Oneness Festival is to unite the continental Africans and diasporans as one people by celebrating Africa’s diverse heritage while emphasizing its shared cultural identity beyond linguistic and tribal differences, to foster unity and to celebrate the richness of the world’s most culturally diverse continent.

“The festival seeks to identify and promote investment opportunities for Diasporans to empower the communities of Northern Ghana and beyond economically. The judges were impressed by the idea and look forward to seeing it again with evidence of impact,” the judges described the Cultural Oneness Festival on the official website of WTM Africa’s Responsible Tourism Awards.

This year’s Cultural Oneness Festival is themed ‘Leveraging on our Strength for Shared Growth and Prosperity as One People’. It has been scheduled to take place at Tamale in the Northern Region from November 13 -16, 2024.

Cultural Oneness Festival is expected to contribute to fostering mutual understanding and consolidating unity while developing and growing the tourism industry and attracting investment.

For the first time, Cultural Oneness Festival intends to bridge the gap by connecting the Diasporans whenever they visit the various exit points in Cape Coast via Castles back to their roots in the Northern part of Ghana via the various slavery camps.