Busua has until the 1960s been a town with a tradition as a being an seaside resort for wealthy locals from Sekondi-Takoradi. In the 1970s and 1980s, there were also a number of European tourists who visit Busua, although there was until the late 1990s, neither electricity nor running water. A small bungalow resort was the only tourist infrastructure, electricity in the town was occasionally available in the weekends by a generator.[1]
In the early 1990s, the town was affected, as well as the whole of the surrounding coastal area of a palm disease which affected all the town's coconut trees, so all the town's coconut trees have now died. What remains is a long sandy beach, along a coastline that is free of dangerous currents.[1][3]
21st century
In recent years the town has not only obtained full electricity connection, but also restaurants and several cottages and bungalows and luxury real estate.[1] From Busua can be reached on foot in about 25 minutes to the west the fishing village of Dixcove, the old original British stronghold Fort Metal Cross and to the east of the small town, the former Dutch fortress Fort Batenstein (in English, Fort Baten stone) can both be visited.[1][4]
Gallery
Busua Beach
Coast of Busua
References
^ abcde . Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^"Photographs of Busua village". Independent Travellers. independent-travellers.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
^Will Coldwell (3 August 2014). "Surfing in Ghana: where beats meet beach breaks | Travel". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
^Will Bendix (2014-11-27). "Ghana: A slice of surfing adventure off the beaten track". Timeslive.co.za. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
Literature
Jojo Cobbinah: Ghana, practical guidebook for the "Gold Coast" of West Africa, Frankfurt 2005.
busua, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 2015, learn, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Busua news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Busua is a beach resort and fishing village in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region in Ghana about 30 kilometers west of the regional capital Sekondi Takoradi in the Gulf of Guinea Busua is classified in the category of towns with more than 5 000 inhabitants with a paved road from Sekondi to reach the town The inhabitants speak the Akan language dialect Ahanta 1 Busua fishing village is known for blue marlin and tuna fishery 2 BusuaTownBusuaLocation of Busua in Western RegionCoordinates 4 48 0 N 1 56 0 W 4 80000 N 1 93333 W 4 80000 1 93333CountryGhanaRegionWestern RegionPopulation 2012 Total5 000 EthnicityAkan peopleTime zoneGMT Summer DST GMT Contents 1 History 1 1 21st century 2 Gallery 3 References 4 LiteratureHistory EditBusua has until the 1960s been a town with a tradition as a being an seaside resort for wealthy locals from Sekondi Takoradi In the 1970s and 1980s there were also a number of European tourists who visit Busua although there was until the late 1990s neither electricity nor running water A small bungalow resort was the only tourist infrastructure electricity in the town was occasionally available in the weekends by a generator 1 In the early 1990s the town was affected as well as the whole of the surrounding coastal area of a palm disease which affected all the town s coconut trees so all the town s coconut trees have now died What remains is a long sandy beach along a coastline that is free of dangerous currents 1 3 21st century Edit In recent years the town has not only obtained full electricity connection but also restaurants and several cottages and bungalows and luxury real estate 1 From Busua can be reached on foot in about 25 minutes to the west the fishing village of Dixcove the old original British stronghold Fort Metal Cross and to the east of the small town the former Dutch fortress Fort Batenstein in English Fort Baten stone can both be visited 1 4 Gallery Edit Busua Beach Coast of BusuaReferences Edit a b c d e https web archive org web 20120517131034 http touringghana com regions western region asp Archived from the original on May 17 2012 Retrieved April 4 2012 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Photographs of Busua village Independent Travellers independent travellers com Retrieved July 2 2017 Will Coldwell 3 August 2014 Surfing in Ghana where beats meet beach breaks Travel Theguardian com Retrieved 2015 03 15 Will Bendix 2014 11 27 Ghana A slice of surfing adventure off the beaten track Timeslive co za Retrieved 2015 03 15 Literature EditJojo Cobbinah Ghana practical guidebook for the Gold Coast of West Africa Frankfurt 2005 4 48 0 N 1 56 0 W 4 80000 N 1 93333 W 4 80000 1 93333 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Busua amp oldid 1144522690, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
