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 […]
With continuous depreciation of the naira, the increasing cost of airfares and stringent conditions on visa protocol by some countries, international travel is facing difficult times in Nigeria. Although Nigeria still records about four million passenger traffic on international destinations every year, industry experts predict that there could be a slow down on passenger traffic […]
Travel agencies have confirmed that many Nigerians will not embark on summer travel this year due to the current economic crunch and continuous depreciation of the naira, which in the last two weeks have been oscillating between N1, 500 to N1, 550 per dollar. Compared to last year, travel agents who spoke to THISDAY, […]
High cost of international travel, the growing attraction of hotels and resorts in Africa have influenced a rethink among Africans who in the past, travelled to Europe, the US and some parts of Asia for holiday. From Nigeria to Ghana and to other parts of Africa, the hospitality industry is beginning to boom because of […]
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 […]
