Statutorily, tourism started gaining momentum in 1988, when the ruling military government promulgated a decree establishing the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), and by the year 2000, the Federal Ministry of Culture & Tourism was created; thereby according tourism a priority status in Nigeria’s quest for national economic development. Over the years, the need for […]
They are the last of the tribe of mountain dwellers, determined to keep up a tradition which has been eroded by civilisation and economic considerations. Assistant Editor, SEUN AKIOYE reports on the indigenous tribe still inhabiting the Nasarawa Eggon hills and the organisations trying to make life easier. IT was a typical village setting. Mud […]
“Kigali is a very clean city,” said Olabayo Veracruz, Managing Director of GTBank Rwanda at the just concluded Akwaaba African Travel Market (22-24 Nov. 2014). “From the airport to my hotel, I saw only five pieces of paper on the road. That’s how clean the city is.” Veracruz has lived in the country for a […]
Participants at the just concluded Akwaaba 2015 Travel expo were left yearning for more as they were thrilled to the rich cultural dance presentations by the Kenyan and Rwandan dancers. The yearly event witnessed over 200 foreigners participating at Akwaaba which started from the 22nd to 24th of November 2015 at the Eko Hotel Lagos. The international […]
The African Union (AU) has reiterated its plan of creating a single passport to ease the movement of people and goods across the continent. AU Commissioner for Political Affairs Dr. Aisha Abdullahi said on Sunday that the plan for a single African passport is in progress and so far, two countries –Rwanda and Mauritius – […]
Ethiopia has achieved a great deal of socio-economic success through state-led development: A development system seemingly shaped after the South Korean model of economic miracle. In its Markets report in November 2014, the top-rated Washington DC financial services firm, The Motley Fool, published an analytic article about “The 5 Fastest-Growing Countries in the World”. It […]
As the relationship between Africa and China also strengthens, many countries in the region are trumpeting on tourism growth from the Chinese market. However there are still issues that need to be dealt with, if Africa has to compete with mature tourism markets in the west. “I have visited eight countries in Africa.” For Chinese […]
A tourism expert, Professor Lade Adeyemi, has disclosed that earnings from theme parks would add substantially to Internal Generated Revenues (IGR) and further boost the economy. This, according to him, will lead to a healthy nation that will rub off on national productivity. He said the parks will also enable families to create more time […]
Twenty-three years after a military plane crash in which more than 159 officers lost their lives in Ejirin swamp in Lagos in 1992, then military ruler, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) has finally spoken on the ill-fated incident. Babangida, in an exclusive chat in the maiden edition of The Interview, disclosed that the crashed aircraft […]
There was tension in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, Wednesday when it was learnt that a lion escaped from Jos Wildlife Park at feeding time, before it was killed. Many felt it was wrong to have killed the lion instead of tranquilising it. On inquiry from tourism officials of the Plateau Tourism Corporation on […]
