This was made known when Minister of Tourism and Modernisation of the Capital City Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey had discussions with Libyan Ambassador Mr Mohamed Tareq Al Garmudi when he called on the Minster to share ideas about the growth of the tourism industry in the two countries.

The two agreed that the modalities would have to be worked out to the benefit of the two countries.

Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey said African investors were mostly willing to go into long-term investments when investing in African countries and said Ghana was linking up with Togo, Benin, Egypt, South Africa and very soon with Libya to attain a bigger tourism market to attract a lot more investors, including African investors.

He called on African countries to encourage African investors to invest in the industry.

Mr Al Garmudi said Libya has realised that tourism is becoming a big source of income and is in the process of allowing the private sector to invest in the industry.

Currently, he said, Libya has allocated between six and seven billion dollars towards tourism development in that country.