Ghana can generate more revenue through tourism, according to Avé, who was recently sworn in as the Nkosuohemaa (development queen) of Tain in the Bono Region under the throne name "Nana Benneh III".

"I will remember Ghana as a place where I spent the best four years of my life. A country with amazingly talented people."

Anne Sophie Avé, the outgoing French Ambassador to Ghana has said she spent the best four years of her life in the West African country.

Avé, who was recently installed as the Nkosuohemaa (development queen) of Tain in the Bono Region under the stool name “Nana Benneh III” said Ghana is a lovely country.

In an interview monitored by The Independent on Wednesday (24 August), Sophie Avé said Ghana can position itself to rake in more revenue from tourism.

“I will remember Ghana as a place where I spent the best four years of my life. A country with amazingly talented people and while I am leaving, I still have property here.

“There is not a single way to achieve development, but the more Ghanaians understand that tourism is a business that they can benefit from… the better it will place them for national development,” she said.

The outgoing French ambassador wants Ghanaians to be proud of telling the Ghanaian story.

“When you are proud of your country and your heritage then you will broadcast it,” she said. “You will want to push it there and it is important that Ghanaians have pride in their heritage inculcated in them.”