Traveling to Africa is not actually a bad thing, but there are places that are high risk within the country.  Ghana is one of them, and as always its ideal to be aware of the country’s requirements before buying your airline ticket because they may require that you have some form of travel insurance to get into the country.  Alarming isn’t it?

To get a schengen visa, you must have a travel insurance policy before they will issue you a visa.  It isn’t needed for you to have Ghana healthcare system if you will only stay there for three to six months.  There were some policies altered by the European Union in the year 2006 which has affected people who were going to Ghana in those days.  Getting travel insurance isn’t easy, but there are some insurance companies which have policies specifically for Ghana.  And some companies in Ghana give this type of insurance it directly to you.  There are different types of travel health insurance you may want to consider, such as backpacking travel insurance or adventure travel insurance.

The coverage for a few travel insurance include accidental death, trip cancellation, loss, damage of luggages or theft, and most importantly medical insurance.  Because of the changes in our economy, some insurance companies even provide coverage for financial failures of a travel agent or airline.  People found it alarming when a few years back airlines were merging with other airlines so it is reasonable to have travel insurance policy that covers for this.

Talk has it that in some cases, these companies were losing big time when 9/11 hit, and it seems that since then the American economy has suffered.  People these days are being more careful with how they spend their money, and those people who don’t spend much for travel, choose not to travel at all.