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FG joining forces with UN to boost tourism industry- Lai

The Nigerian government has joined forces with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) to boost the tourism sector of the country.

That much information was revealed by Alhaji Lai Mohammed the Minister of Information and Culture who also added that the partnership with UNWTO will witness the implementation of the National Tourism Development Masterplan, in order to optimally harness the country’s tourism potentials.

Lai noted that much during the Fourth Tourism Investors Forum and Exhibition, organized by the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) staged in Abuja on Wednesday.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I wish to draw your attention to the fact that the programmes and policies to fully harness the country’s vast tourism potentials over the next one and half decades are anchored on the National Tourism Development Masterplan.

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“In order to ensure its full implementation, the Ministry sought and secured the support of the UNWTO to assist in the implementation of the Tourism Masterplan,” he said.

The Minister, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Deaconess Grace Isu-Gekpe, said pursuant to the implementation of the Masterplan, the UNWTO is already seeking the support of some donor agencies to assist Nigeria with funds for the execution of the project on the Strengthening of National Tourism Statistical System and the development of a Tourism Satellite Account for Nigeria.

He said this became necessary because lack of accurate statistics on arrivals and receipts is one of the major problems militating against the development of tourism in Nigeria.

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