The study sought to examine the motivations of tourists who visited northern Ghana. Table 1 shows the actual mean scores and the standard deviations on items under each component. It was obvious from the survey that 81.8% of the respondents travel to northern Ghana in quest for novelty. For most (96.0%) of them, participation in new events was their reason for visiting. Another 70.0% of them did say they travelled to northern Ghana because they wanted to explore unfamiliar things. Further, 91.1% did indicate that they wanted to have a dynamic and a varied lifestyle.