Published on : Friday, April 6, 2018
Tourism has many sides and brings in many benefits that very few people actually know. The sector, for instance, is said to make about eight trillion dollars annually. Of that huge sum, however, only around 10 per cent comes to Africa, with Kenya, Egypt and South Africa grabbing the lion’s share of this. Understandably, Nigeria is not among the leading earners, getting little from the large sum.
In a forum held in Lagos recently, the Director-General of the National Tourism Development Corporation, Mr. Folorunsho Coker, said that, globally, tourism is getting bigger by the day but Nigeria could not but boldly face the reality.
Coker noted that there is urgent need to change the country’s tourism law which, according to him, is 40 years old. He stressed the need for all stakeholders to address demands of human capital, infrastructure and branding.
According to Coker, tourism is not the only largest employer of labour, it also employs women and youths in the highest percentage.
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