The Ghana Hotels Association is bemoaning the exorbitant cost of utility tariffs, which they say are heavily depleting their profits and negatively impacting their growth.

From May 3, 2025, the electricity tariff is going up by 14.75 per cent, while the water tariff is rising by 4.02 per cent. 

The hotel association says the new upward adjustment is a bane to their operations 

Alarmed by the cascading impacts, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Hotels Association, George Arkoh Mensah, highlighted the impacts on their businesses.

“The high cost of power and water is causing us not to expand our businesses. We are unable to pay our taxes as required of us,” he said.

He spoke during a health walk in celebration of the Ghana Hotel Association’s 50th anniversary. 

Members of the Ghana Hotels Association hit the principal streets of Kumasi to join other labour organizations to mark the International Workers’ Day.

The health walk was part of a series of activities earmarked for the group’s 50th anniversary celebration scheduled for later this year. 

The group is expected to undertake initiatives aimed at enhancing the hospitality sector in the country. 

Meanwhile, the hoteliers in the Ashanti region are clamouring for their inclusion in the government’s Black Star Experience, expected to be launched in the coming days. 

Mr. Arkoh Mensah believes such an initiative would boost the local hospitality and tourism industries for national development.