No fewer than 16 persons were shot dead on Sunday after six gunmen stormed Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand Bassam and opened fired on tourists. Reuters reports that the dead include 14 civilians and two soldiers while the assailants were also killed. The resort is visited by both locals and foreigners. The Ivory Coast […]
A serene and charming town tucked outside the city centre, Badagry is inhabited by a hospitable people with a chequered and heart-wrenching past. Why a chequered history? It was an important outpost for exporting slaves to Europe, America and the Caribbean. Indeed, the history of slave trade in Nigeria cannot be complete without referencing Badagry. At present, […]
A popular and historic city in Akwa Ibom State, Ikot Ekpene also referred to as “raffia city”, is largely regarded as a citadel of arts. The city derives its name from the village of Ikot Ekpene which originally was made up of ten families with a long and rich history. However, it is now mainly inhabited by the Anang people […]
Nigerian Association of Tour Operators (NATOP) has said that its 2016 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be used to awaken, rediscover and realign its members to the original objectives of the apex association which is to market destination Nigeria and stimulate increased influx of tourists in to the country. The theme for the meeting is, […]
Higher visitor numbers from France and Italy fueled the Seychelles' tourism market to a record number of tourists last year, officials said Monday. Visits from France were up 14 percent last year to more than 37,000, while Italy saw its visitor number rise 10 percent, said Sherin Naiken, chief executive of the Seychelles Tourism Board […]
As the countdown continues to the grand finale of Miss Tourism International World finals holding in Vietnam this November, the Nigeria representative and delegate, reigning Miss Tourism International, Her Majesty Queen Rita Onyinye Oguebie is not leaving any stone unturned to ensure she makes her country proud. The Anambra State born beauty queen who has […]
The retrogressive place of Nigeria's tourism sector in African ranking is worrisome and a cause for concern considering the inherent capacity of the sector to contribute in no small measure to the socio-economic development of the country. Recently, in a paper titled, "'Tourists, gas propeller of socio-economic and political growth," to mark the World Tourism […]
With their worldly sophistication, cheap fisherman pants and penchant for being smiley all the time, tourists are a much-hated group. But before you laugh too hard at the lost look in their eyes, or mock too much the clattering chaos of their attempts to board the roof of a minibus with five bags and […]
