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UNWTO to set up tourism academy in Lagos – Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 11 February 2023 0

By Tom Okpe Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government and the United Nations World Tourism Organization, (UNWTO) are currently working with some private sector players to establish a Tourism Academy in Lagos. The Minister disclosed this in Lagos

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Nigeria to host first ever UNWTO conference in November

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2022 0

BY IDONG INYANG, CALABAR The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), has granted Nigeria the rights to host the first-ever UNWTO Global Conference on ‘Linking Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industries’. The conference, which is scheduled to hold from 14th to 16th November, 2022, at the National Theatre Complex, Iganmu, Lagos, will provide an opportunity

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166 foreign, 332 Nigerian delegates, 26 Ministers for UNWTO/CAF meeting –Lai Mohammed

Ihesiulo Grace 4 June 2018 0

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that 166 foreign delegates, 26 Ministers and 332 Nigerian delegates have been slated to participate in the world meeting which begins today in Abuja. Mohammed, in a pre-meeting press conference on Sunday, in Abuja, said that all is set for the 61stmeeting of the United […]

Tourism

NBS commits to TSA for tourism stats, cultivates sectoral partnerships

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

…. Over 1000 hotels operate in Nigeria ….To ensure a more robust and realistic aggregation of tourism statistics in Nigeria, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has committed to use of the Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) framework. Recommended by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the TSA framework, adopted in 2015 by the NBS, links all […]

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UNWTO Strongly Condemns Attack in Tunisia

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2015 0

UNWTO is deeply saddened and shocked by the attack in the Bardo Museum in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. UNWTO conveys its heartfelt sympathy to the families of the victims who lost their lives or were injured, and expresses its solidarity to the people and the Government of Tunisia and to the governments of all […]