Tourism Attractions

Tourism in the municipality is completely under developed though there are some potential tourist attractions among them are war cave at Akorabo, waterfalls at Obuoho near Anum- Apapam, the Drum rocks at Obuotumpan, the snake like palm tree and three branch palm tree at Akorabo and Obosumfo Densu respectively.

The number of hotels/guesthouses is twelve (12). This is inadequate. There are only three restaurants in the municipality. However, there are many way-side restaurants a.k.a chop bars which serve Ghanaian dishes.

Shum’s nodal position and location at a place where the traffic build-up on the Kumasi-Accra road starts, making it an ideal sleeping place for weary travelers and long distance truck drivers on the busy Accra-Kumasi highway.

The Atiwa Range Reserve is a notable tourist resort .The reserve has a spectacular, wide variety of tropical insects.Students and researchers interested in the study of tropical insects could find this natural reserve extremely useful.The resort, importantly, also serves as a habitat for wild animals, including lions and tigers, making it even more attractive to tourists.There is a war cave at Akorabo.

This is the result of inter-tribal wars fought centuries ago and it provides intriguing insights into the way of life in centuries gone by. A lot of untapped tourist attractions exist in the municipality, such as the proposed Cultural Village at Kukua. For instance, there are two beautiful waterfalls located in the Anum-Apapaw area .Indeed, investors in the tourism, agriculture, agro-processing and handicraft sectors can be rest assured that there is vibrant and profitable business to be done in the Suhum Municipal Assembly.