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Thursday, 22 August 2013 00:00

‘Nigerians are naturally hospitable

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‘Nigerians are naturally hospitable

Tourism Committee of Lagos Bar Beach, said that Nigerians are hospitable people noting is as good as accommodating nature of the people which has made the hospitality sub-sector lucrative.

“It is in our nature and part of our cultural flavour to be hospitable. In fact, our hospitable personality is because Nigerians are communal people from time immemorial.”

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Tuesday, 20 August 2013 00:00

The Bane of Nigeria’s Tourism Development

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The Bane of Nigeria’s Tourism Development

In the year 2005, the Federal Government of Nigeria, engaged the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) to produce a Tourism Development Master-Plan for Nigeria. So, between February to December 2005, the UNWTO Team did much research and traveled about Nigeria.
The UNWTO team produced a comprehensive report. It posited that, “Implementation of the Tourism Development Master Plan will be a major challenge for the government and industry, as will changing the international image of Nigeria. Improving the quality of the product and facilities and putting in place a comprehensive training programme will require a very strong partnership between the public and private sector. If the opportunities and potentials, which Nigeria has, are exploited and the challenges met, substantial investment in planned and strategic marketing of Nigeria as a desirable tourist destination will be required and will pay positive and substantial dividends”. Essentially, the Master Plan chronicled the opportunities and challenges inherent in the country’s tourism environment, and proffered pragmatic solutions.
The foregoing are excerpts of the UNWTO findings:

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Saturday, 17 August 2013 00:00

FCTA to make Abuja preferred tourism destination in Nigeria

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FCTA to make Abuja preferred tourism destination in Nigeria

The Honourable Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, disclosed on Wednesday that the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) had put in place measures to make Abuja the preferred tourism destination in the country. According to a statement signed by Oluyinka Akintunde, Special Assistant (Media & Publicity) to the Hon. Minister of State for FCT, the minister stated this in London while declaring open the international photography exhibition of the Abuja Carnival organised by the Administration at the famous Tiwani Contemporary. Akinjide, who was represented by her Special Assistant on Art and Culture, Mr. Adeniyi Olagunju, said the exhibition was designed to make the annual Abuja carnival the choice event for nationals and international tourists. She noted that the photography exhibition was aimed at boosting tourism, enhancing national prestige, increasing participation, improving carnival packaging and optimizing commercial opportunities offered by the carnival.  “The photography exhibition is put together to project the Abuja Carnival. The carnival is being taken beyond the shores of Nigeria to stimulate much needed national and international popularity and also to optimize the commercial opportunities such an event could offer.

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Saturday, 17 August 2013 00:00

'We’re putting up structures to boost tourism in Osun’

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'We’re putting up structures to boost tourism in Osun’

 The Osun Osogbo socio-cultural festival has been described as a prime event in Osun State that will open other parts of the state tourism potentials going by the close support invested at the just concluded event. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Culture and Tourism, Mr Oladipo Soyode who spoke with TTM in Osogbo recently, said that the present administration is poise to take tourism to an enviable level and upgrade the socio-economic standard of the people through different human-driven activities. According to Soyode, “what we achieved during the just concluded Osun Osogbo festival, surpasses what was been recorded at previous event and this was because we went extra miles to synergising with the custodians of the festival, joining force with relevant security operatives in Osun and also harnessing other logistical avenue to make it grand.
“The achievement this year was in many folds. Firstly, regarding the build up to the festival, we made a good preparation to see that the show was not static, which will only have people come for the ritual and later leave, but rather we set in motion a town storming session to light up Osogbo before and after the festival. “The town storming session involved creating awareness, where you have people dancing round the town with a carnival-like float to sensitise the people ahead of the grand finale.

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Friday, 16 August 2013 00:00

ITP launches guidance for hotels on addressing human trafficking

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ITP launches guidance for hotels on addressing human trafficking

Green Globe Certification associate, the International Tourism Partnership (ITP), has produced a guide to help hoteliers understand human trafficking and forced labor – what it is, how it may affect them and what actions they can take to reduce the risk of trafficking in their businesses.Human trafficking is the acquisition of people by improper means such as force, fraud or deception, aiming at exploiting them. It often - but not always - involves people being taken from one country to another, where they are subject to sexual exploitation, forced labor or other types of servitude. In short - it is modern day slavery. This is a relevant topic for hoteliers, because it may be guests or staff at the hotel who are victims of this abuse.

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Friday, 16 August 2013 00:00

Ikogosi warm spring: Nature’s gift to mankind

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Ikogosi warm spring: Nature’s gift to mankind

FOR anybody that knows Obudu Cattle Ranch in Cross River State before Donald Duke’s administration and the transformation that took place later will not doubt the will power to make a change. It was the will power of   the administration that has made Cross River a reference point in tourism development in Nigeria and a preferred destination. Same will power is playing out in Ekiti state where Kayode Fayemi is turning things around in another tourist attraction in Ikogosi. Ikogosi warm spring, tucked away in the rustic and serene town of Ikogosi-Ekiti, is one of the tourist attractions that this country could be proud of because of the history and myth behind the attraction.  What is mysterious about the Ikogosi Warm Spring is the fact that, flowing side by side the warm spring, is another spring, a cold one.  The warm and cold springs of Ikogosi originate from a close proximity, come to a meeting point, and flow onward together with each spring retaining its thermal identity.  The warm spring has a temperature of up to 70oC at the source and 37oC after meeting the cold spring. The meeting point of the warm and cold springs is a unique attraction to tourists.

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Friday, 16 August 2013 00:00

Fascinating Nigeria launch

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Fascinating Nigeria launch

The country’s first tourism brand identity was launched at a star-studded ceremony last week in Abuja THE best of Nigerian art, craft, music, dance, fashion, entertainment and sports were proudly showcased on Thursday, July 4 when the country’s new tourism brand identity, ‘Fascinating Nigeria’ was launched at the State House, Abuja. Indications that it was going to a spectacular night emerged early as the foyer of the Banquet Hall, venue of the event, was turned to a grand exhibition room. Beautiful images of artefacts unearthed from sites across the country were neatly arranged while guests also had their fill of exquisite craft works on display. Beautiful, leggy ladies modelled various Nigerian fabrics while giant portraits of past leaders hung on the walls. “So this is what the Bourdillon looked like,” a lady commented as she viewed the portrait of Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon and other colonial leaders including Frederick Lugard, Arthur Richardson and James Wilson Robertson. Nigerian heads of state, right from Sir Tafawa Balewa to the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, also took their place on the wall.

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Friday, 16 August 2013 00:00

Why stay home when there are so many countries out there with so much to show off?

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Why stay home when there are so many countries out there with so much to show off?

January: Tromso or Kirkenes, Norway
Why: The chance to shorten your bucket list: specifically, to mark off the northern lights. Although the aurora borealis can be spotted anywhere between latitudes 65 and 72 degrees, Norwegian towns such as Kirkenes, Tromso, Alta and Svalbard offer ringside seats, especially in the winter. Sail Norway's fiord-lined coasts aboard a Hurtigruten cruise ship, and the crew will provide wake-up calls when viewing is best. If snowmobiling and dog sledding under shimmery green curtains of solar particles colliding with atmospheric gases aren't on your bucket list, you just need better gloves.
Weather report: To quote Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, "There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing."
Who should avoid: Anyone dead set on maintaining a year-round suntan.

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Friday, 16 August 2013 00:00

Miss Philippines Rizzini Alexis Gomez crowned 2012 Miss Tourism International

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Miss Philippines Rizzini Alexis Gomez crowned 2012 Miss Tourism International

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines continued its winning streak in international beauty pageants after Miss Philippines Rizzini Alexis Gomez was crowned 2012 Miss Tourism International during a New Year's Eve pageant held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was the second time that the Philippines captured the title, initially won by Ma. Esparanza Manzano in 2000, in the beauty contest, which is the most extensive pageant that promotes the tourism industry. Gomez, 22, a registered nurse, bested 55 other global beauties for the coveted title. At the same pageant, the Cebuana beauty, who stands 5’10”, also won Best In Evening Gown. Gomez is the daughter of former basketball player Roel Gomez of Alaska. She is expected to arrive in the country on Thursday. Other winners were Miss Venezuela Marieles Alejandra Perez (Miss Tourism Global), first runner-up; Miss Australia Monika Rodulovic (Miss Tourism Metropolitan), second runner-up; Miss Paraguay Lourdes Rolon (Miss Tourism Cosmopolitan), third runner-up; and Miss Malaysia Jun Yong Wan Jun (Darling of the Year), fourth runner up.

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Thursday, 15 August 2013 00:00

70 Exciting Tourist Destinations In Nigeria!

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70 Exciting Tourist Destinations In Nigeria!

Nigeria offers a wide variety of tourist attractions such as extended and roomy river and ocean beaches ideal for swimming and other water sports, unique wildlife, vast tracts of unspoiled nature ranging from tropical forest, magnificent waterfalls, some new rapidly growing cities and climatic conditions in some parts particularly conducive to holidaying. Other attractions include traditional ways of life preserved in local customs; rich and varied handicrafts and other colorful products depicting or illustrative of native arts and lifestyle, and the authentic unsophisticated but friendly attitude of many in the Nigerian population. However, many of these attractions are still largely untapped and even at their raw states, they are still being enjoyed by few outsiders, either very rich visitors in quest of exoticism or adventurous people in search of new challenges and experiences. The lack of required modern infrastructural facilities and in some parts of the country acute conditions of underdevelopment and poverty can be seen which many potential Nigeria bound tourist may not like to be confronted with.
These are impediments to tourism, which the new administration has been tackling since assumption of office. Investors, both foreign and local are therefore called upon to come and invest in the abundant tourism potentials in the country.

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