The Minister of Tourism, Mrs. Lola Ade-John, recently linked up with her counterpart in the aviation sector, Festus Keyamo, to discuss issues concerning travel and tourism in Nigeria. Both ministers have a mandate from the President to improve travellers experience in Nigeria. The two ministers discussed the role of aviation in developing travel and tourism […]
A group of tour operators and journalists embarked on road trip recently from Nigeria to Ghana to attend the Accra Weizo, West Africa travel expo; visiting tourist attractions in Benin, Togo and Ghana. Chinedu Eze who was part of the team reports that a country known for Voodooism, Benin has unexplored cultural trends and a […]
Travel expert and organiser of Akwaaba African Travel Market, Ambassador Ikechi Uko, spoke about how Nigeria could take advantage of its huge population and natural endowments to develop tourism and attract investors, like other countries in Africa. In those days, the West Coast used to be lucrative for Nigerian airlines, during the era of […]
Nigeria has the record of being the most travelled indigenous Africans while Nigerian route remains the most profitable route per passenger on the African continent. With economic downturn, coupled with stringent visa conditions introduced by many countries in Europe, Asia and the United States, many Nigerians are reviewing their travel destinations and are beginning to […]
Tour Operators in Nigeria, aviation and tourism journalists and others who came from abroad recently hosted Ambassador Ikechi Uko to a surprise birthday party as he turned 60. Uko is a tourism legend and travel expert in Nigeria and the founder of Akwaaba African travel market, was literally ambushed by well-wishers in a surprise birthday […]
