Tourism

Elumelu: Tourism Critical Element for W’Africa Integration, Devt Agenda

Director of Private Sector at the ECOWAS Commission in charge of tourism, investment and business development, Dr. Tony Luka Elumelu, speaks on the commission’s participation at the Accra Weizo, a tourism expo put together by organisers of Akwaaba, the factors militating against tourism in West Africa, among others. Charles Ajunwa brings excerpts What’s your assessment of tourism […]

AKPAN Aviation

‘Why Access to International Financing is Hard for Nigerian Airlines’

An industry expert has given reasons why Nigerian airlines find it difficult to access credit from the international market. Nigerian airlines in the past did not have the goodwill to attract international financiers to support their businesses with single-digit and long-term loans for aircraft acquisition, lead consultant at ETIMFRI Group, Amos Akpan said. He recalled […]

To Boost Tourism, Investment Edo State Govt Organises Summit

The Edo State Govt is organising the maiden edition of Alaghodaro Investment Summit from Nov 10 to 12, 2017. This is Governor Obaseki’s idea of his one year anniversary celebration. Tourism, arts and culture is one of the state government’s thematic development pillars and we have done a feature piece  for your adaptation and use […]

Why Aviation is Unprofitable

  Recently investors and airline operators met in Lagos to brainstorm on factors inhibiting growth in the aviation industry and the poor yield on investment. One of the reasons why there is poor infrastructure in the aviation sector is because the private sector is not investing in the industry. The reason why 150 airlines had […]