The 12th Akwaaba Africa Travel Market (AfTM) will be hosting the maiden edition of Africa Travel and Tourism Conference with the objective of transferring knowledge covering travel, hospitality and aviation sectors from globally rated experts during the annual travel and tourism exhibition which holds on Lagos annually. The organizers of the event believes this new […]
Abuja — WITH ceaseless drop in the price of crude oil in the international market, some states have begun to explore other revenue generation sources. And for Benue State, tourism has a lot to offer considering numerous products and destinations the state is blessed with. Yet, the step towards developing the potentials must begin with […]
John Shiklam writes that the partnership between the famous Dr. Agarwal's Eye Institute, India, and Thelish Eye Centre, Kaduna, has contributed in reducing medical tourism among Nigerians The partnership between the famous Dr. Agarwal's Eye Institute, India, and Thelish Eye Centre, Kaduna, Kaduna State, has given hope to those desperately seeking for solutions to various […]
A new dawn in the history of Ile-Ife occasioned by the recent appointment of 40-year old Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja 11, as the Ooni of Ife, has continued to resonate with the Ooni set to declare Ife as a tourism zone in furtherance of his promise to foster peace and unity and bring economic […]
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 […]
Unbeknownst to many Nigerians, tourism holds huge potentials for reversing the critical issue of unemployment which daily threatens the stability of the country. In 2013, here are the statistics from the World Travel and Tourism Council for direct tourism jobs created in the following African countries - Egypt (1.2 million); South Africa (645,500); Tanzania (402,500); […]
IVA Valley is now a ghost town. The ghosts of 21 miners: fathers, husbands, sons, breadwinners, that fell to a hail of bullets on November 18, 1949 at the district’s troubled colliery, haunt Iva Valley even as you read. Sixty six years since their massacre, their chilling howls echo through six decades, like a falsetto […]
Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the new Onirisa of the Source, is a Pathfinder Entrepreneur Forty years ago in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, born into Ojaja Royal Compound of Agbedegbede, Giesi Ruling House in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Ogunwusi Adeyeye, the 5th direct descendant of the Giesi family was quietly delivered into the humble family of […]
On the lookout for a solution to the lingering challenges confronting the operations of tourism in Nigeria, particularly in the area of Hajj, industry experts have stressed the need for the present administration to overhaul the sector so as to boost the nation's economy. The practitioners, who spoke with The Guardian in Abuja lamented that […]
A consortium of travel agencies midwife by Travel Investment Company Limited (TICO) has admitted that the Nigerian travel and tourism industry is recorded high by activities involving the movement of people from one place to another. The group noted that the tangible elements include transportation, accommodation, and other components of the hospitality industry. To them, […]