The Craft Industry, Oral Literature and Language in the Development of Tourism in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges

Abstract

This paper examines the role the craft industry, Oral Literature and language play in the development of tourism in Ghana.  From the study, it was found that all the three are important for several reasons, namely economic value, exchange of information, sharing of experiences or world-views and finally changing biases.  However, lack of outlets and finishing of products constitute major problems.

Key Words: Artifact, Cosmo-vision, pragmatic interpretation, equiparable, lyrical interpretation.