The Cape Coast Castle, one of the internationally acclaimed tourism monuments, in 2009 recorded an increase of 15,704 visitors representing 25.8 percent over the previous year.

Mr Nicholas Ivor, Central and Western Regional Director of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) said on Thursday that a total of 76,546 visitors toured the castle in 2009 compared to 60,842 visitors in 2008.

He gave the break-down of the number for 2009, as 18,257 foreign tourists, and 58,289 domestic visitors.

In 2008 the castle recorded 17,107 foreign visitors with 43,735 domestic tourists, who are mostly students and pupils from schools all over the country.

Mr Ivor said, this year, the castle had recorded a significant increase in the number of tourists so far and that if the trend continued, the number would far exceed that of last year’s.

He said when that happened it would further increase revenue generation over that of the previous years.

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