{"id":235974,"date":"2026-06-11T05:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/ghana\/ghana-exploring-the-tourism-potential-of-the-bolga-basket-a-pathway-for-socio-economic-development-of-northern-ghana\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T05:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:45:54","slug":"ghana-exploring-the-tourism-potential-of-the-bolga-basket-a-pathway-for-socio-economic-development-of-northern-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/ghana\/ghana-exploring-the-tourism-potential-of-the-bolga-basket-a-pathway-for-socio-economic-development-of-northern-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana: Exploring the Tourism Potential of the Bolga Basket &#8211; a Pathway for Socio-Economic Development of Northern Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"72\">Bolgatanga affectionately known as Bolga has been synonymous with basket weaving. However it goes beyond its global appeal as a handicraft hub, the Bolgatanga basket tells a deeper story of survival, empowerment, and transformation. Originating from Bolgatanga, often referred to as the &#8220;basket city,&#8221; this hand woven product represents far more than a functional item. It is a symbol of cultural identity, artisanal skill, and a promising gateway to tourism-driven economic development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"5\"><strong>A heritage&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202606100702.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 West Africa <a title=\"Ghana\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/west-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bolgatanga affectionately known as Bolga has been synonymous with basket weaving. However it goes beyond its global appeal as a handicraft hub, the Bolgatanga basket tells a deeper story of survival, empowerment, and transformation. Originating from Bolgatanga, often referred to as the &#8220;basket city,&#8221; this hand woven product represents far more than a functional item. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":235975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4507],"tags":[258,256,30523,54594,5989,23003,4508,4509,257,4282,30567,9398,7050,254,1634],"class_list":["post-235974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ghana","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-basket","tag-bolga","tag-development","tag-exploring","tag-ghana","tag-ghana-news","tag-news","tag-northern","tag-pathway","tag-potential","tag-socioeconomic","tag-south-africa-today","tag-tourism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}