By Jimoh Babatunde Young Nigerians will undergo critical cultural tourism training in China, which is strategically billed to reduce unemployment and crime, and also mobilise the youths to drive the Nigerian creative cultural tourism economy.  The cheering development was disclosed by the Director General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe, who is leading an African delegation to the International Culture Tourism Reform for Developing Nations put together by the Chinese government and Academic International for International Business Officials ( AIBO ..read more

Nigeria has ranked sixth in the Africa Visa Openness Report released by the African Union (AU) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). The report, which is the seventh edition, was released at the 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC) being held in Balaclava, Mauritius on Sunday. The report noted that Benin, Seychelles and The Gambia ranked first, second and third, respectively. The data for the 2022 edition was collected in July and August with main from the International Air Transport Association and countries’ official websites. The report noted that 48 countries out of 54 now offe ..read more

By JIMOH Babatunde The Sunday brunch buffet served by the Radisson Hotel Ikeja- Lagos has become a rallying point for the who is who in society every weekend. Guests and walk-in customers are served international and local cuisine in the contemporary hotel’s Collage restaurant. It is not unusual to see the Executive chef, Hesham Ali leading his team as they move around to make the families enjoy their meal. The signature restaurant of the hotel, the Collage restaurant, comes alive as families move in and out picking from the array of scrumptious food and tasty delights on the menu. The restau ..read more

Radisson is an upscale hotel brand that offers Scandinavian inspired hospitality, which enables guests to find more harmony in their travel experience. With natural surroundings and unexpected delights, Radisson inspires the art of being in the moment and is committed to helping guests find the right balance for their stay Today, it has become a household name in hospitality management in Nigeria with many hotels under the Radisson Hotel Group’s brand. One of the properties under the group in the country is Radisson Hotel Lagos Ikeja, owned by Avalon Intercontinental Nigeria Limited. The Gen ..read more

Some Nigerians on Saturday revealed reasons they do not go on vacation either locally or internationally. They spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. In spite of the therapeutic effect of embarking on vacations frequently, they complained over the high cost of imbibing such lifestyle, describing it as luxury. They listed the cumbersome process of acquiring visa, aircraft phobia and more as reasons they do not go on vacation. Mrs Funmilayo Olowoyo, a staff of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC),  said she wished to go on vacation from time to time, being conscious of th ..read more

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) says digital tools such as Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram and Twitter will boost marketing of tourism in the country. The Director General of NTDC, Mr Folorunsho Coker stated this on Friday at the South-East Tourism Stakeholders’ Forum in Enugu with the Theme: “Utilizing Digital Tools for Optimization and Destination Marketing”. Coker said that technology had changed tourism market, increasing reach and changing the characteristics of tourism jobs, adding that the only way destination are promoted, demands new skills from tourism e ..read more

  Leveraging smart technologies and the rising demand for unique product offerings in Nigeria’s travel sector, TravelTank — a proudly Nigerian online travel agency has launched with a myriad of breakthrough innovations.   The unveiling of the foremost brand which was held on the 16th September 2021 at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos was graced by the presence of airline country managers, affiliate partners as well as tech outfits.   The online travel agency readily offers its customers cheap and competitive airfares, hotel rates and bundled packages as well as a B ..read more

Kaduna-Abuja train The train travels at a stately speed, taking more than two and a half hours to traverse little more than 150 kilometres (90 miles) of countryside in southern Nigeria. But the fledgling service is developing a fanclub among travellers exhausted by the country’s notoriously choked, chaotic and dangerous roads. The $1.6-billion (1.34-billion-euro) Chinese-built link between Nigeria’s economic hub Lagos and Ibadan, capital of the southwest region, began partial operations last December. It counts Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka among its supporters. “This is my sixth trip,” the pla ..read more

Jared Isaacman/ Photo: Sky News Jared Isaacman is not a professional astronaut, but by the end of the year the young billionaire will have shot around the Earth multiple times at the helm of a space mission made up entirely of tourists. The tech entrepreneur will blast off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, in what will be the first all-civilian mission into Earth’s orbit, which he will command and pay for himself. The mission, named Inspiration4, “is the first step in a world where everybody can go and journey among the stars,” Isaacman said with an enormous grin as he explained the project to AFP ..read more

•‘Cross River govt made us lose everything; when will they rescue us?’ By Jacob Ajom It has always been a thing of joy for the kids, in particular, anytime we decide to travel to the village as a family. The last time we did that was during the burial of my late father, Pa Jerome Ajom in 2015. A chartered bus took the entire family from Lagos, down to Arangha, Isobendeghe, Boki Local Government in Cross River State. Since then, we hardly trvelled as a family as we have been making the trip in singles or in twos. The trip in 2015 was a delight. Though we were going for the burial of our father ..read more