Labadi Beach or ''more properly known as'' La Pleasure Beach is the busiest beach on

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's coast. It is one of

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's beaches and is maintained by the local hotels. Labadi Beach is in a town called La, popularly known as Labadi, near

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in the

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of Ghana. An entrance fee to those not staying in the hotels is charged. On holidays and weekends there are often performances of

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, playback, and cultural

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and dancing.The Lonely Planet: Ghana/Accra/Sights
lonelyplanet.com. As of 2014, the beach is still under intense scrutiny from the community to alleviate the ongoing issue of open

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present on the beach. Proposals to build additional designated sanitation facilities to accommodate the issue have been brought to the attention of the local council and hotels near the beach. Aside from visiting the beach to have fun, people visit the place early morning to work out, mostly on weekends.

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