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April 4, 2024 No Responses

Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road: Lagos Engages Land Stakeholders

Top officials from the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, led by the Commissioner for the Ministry, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka have sought the patience and understanding of residents of Iru area of the State, particularly those that would be affected...

July 25, 2023 No Responses

Obaseki: Edo’s 4-star hotel project boosts tourism receipts, enhances chances to host sporting competitions, other Int’l events

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the development of a four-star hotel project in Benin City, the State capital, will boost the State’s tourism receipts and bolster the State’s chances at hosting sporting competitions and other internati...

May 9, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA DG X-Rays Untapped Opportunities In Marine Tourism

The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has called for collaboration between the tourism and maritime sectors in Nigeria, stating that with the enormous resources inherent in...

March 28, 2023 No Responses

Minister Seeks Improved Visa Policy Between Nigeria, Qatar

Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has called for an improved visa policy between Nigeria and Qatar. Sirika made the call when the Charge d’Affaires of Qatar in Nigeria, Mr Ahmed Mohammed, paid a courtesy visit to him in Abuja...

March 21, 2022 No Responses

Ondo Auto Rally Begins April 16

The 5th edition of the annual Ondo Auto Rally is to hold from April 16 to 17, 2022 at Akure and Ilara-Imokin in Ondo State. President of Work and Play, the group organising the event, Adeoye Ojuoko, at the weekend, disclosed...

November 30, 2021 No Responses

Sterling Bank Reiterates Support For Tourism

Head, Tourism Department, Sterling Bank, Mrs Abiola Adelana, says the bank has mapped out an initiative that would help bridge the gap in the tourism space and create more value for tour operators. Adelana made this known during the 17th ...

July 17, 2021 No Responses

Israel Imposes Quarantine On All Inbound Travelers

Israel’s health ministry announced on Friday that all passengers entering Israeli borders would have to go through a mandatory quarantine. The ministry said the new regulation would start from Friday. It said that passengers arriving from the cou...

July 4, 2021 No Responses

Egypt’s January-June Tourism Revenues Hits $3.5-4b

Egypt’s tourism revenues were between 3.5 billion dollars to 4 billion dollars during the first half of 2021 and the country received about 3.5 million tourists from January to June, Ghada Shalaby, the Egypt’s Deputy Minister of Tourism, told Reuters....

May 15, 2021 No Responses

Greece Ends Lockdown, Opens To Tourists

Greece has launched its tourist season, lifting most remaining restrictions on movement and declaring “we are putting the lockdown behind us”. Although an average of 2,000 daily Covid cases are still being reported, vaccinations are being rolled ou...

April 10, 2021 No Responses

Tourism Institute Admits UNICAL VC As Fellow

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has been admitted into the Institute for Tourism Professionals in Nigeria by the national leadership of the Institute. The VC, who was represented by Prof. Mike Okom, the Deputy...

November 15, 2020 No Responses

Akwa Ibom Christmas Village Generates N2.5b

The Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Orman Esin, on Saturday said N2.5 billion was generated in 2019 by kiosk owners and other businesses at Christmas village within 30 days of the jamboree. Esin said this...

May 24, 2018 No Responses

Transcorp Hotels MD Laments Neglect Of Tourism Sector

The managing director/chief executive officer of Transcorp Hotels Plc, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, has lamented the neglect of the Nigeria’s tourism sector by governments at all levels. Ozigbo revealed that this was demonstrated by the abysmal marketing of the sec...

May 4, 2018 No Responses

Minister Pledges Successful Hosting Of Global Tourism Confab

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the Federal Government will leave no stone unturned to ensure the successful hosting of the United Nation World Tourism Organisation/Commission for Africa (UNWTO/CAF) meeting tak...

May 1, 2018 No Responses

Minister Seeks MDAs’ Cooperation For Tourism Development

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called for cooperation among the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the generation of relevant data that will assist inmaking policies and planning decisions for the develo...