Festive Boom Reveals Nigeria’s Tourism Promise—and Its Limits NIGERIA’S tourism industry recorded a significant upswing during the 2025 festive season, driven largely by the “Detty December” phenomenon and a strong influx of diaspora visitors. Tour operators across Lagos and other key destinations reported heightened activity as Nigerians abroad returned home to […]
By NINI NDUONOFIT-AKOH Call for Global Promotion PORTUGAL’S Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Paulo Santos, has urged the organisers of Carnival Calabar to launch an aggressive global publicity campaign to raise international awareness and attract more foreign visitors to the annual festival. He made the call on Sunday during the flag-off of […]
By JULIET EKANEM Can Cross River Still Call Itself Nigeria’s Tourism Capital? By 2025, the claim rings hollow.FOR nearly a decade after Nigeria’s democratic return, Cross River State stood as a national case study for how tourism and sports could shape sub-national prosperity. Between 1999 and 2007, deliberate public financing, destination marketing, and […]
By OBI DAVIES Insecurity remains one of the biggest barriers to the expansion of tourism, hospitality and the creative sector in Africa, with Nigeria particularly affected, tourism expert Mr. Sunnie Chukumele has said. He spoke at the African Descent Creative Industry Leadership Summit held in Abuja and organised by the Global […]
By TAYO TAIWO (T. T.) OLUWOLE FASHION and textile experts say Nigeria can unlock a new stream of tourism revenue by promoting indigenous fabrics, investing in local artisans, and expanding production capacity. The call was made at a Lagos symposium organised by Wear Nigeria, themed “The Role of Traditional Textiles in Sustaining […]
By OBI DAVIES The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) has entered a groundbreaking partnership with Circuits, Africa’s leading virtual cinema and audiovisual distribution platform, to digitally transform Nigeria’s hospitality and tourism sector. The collaboration aims to make professional training, culinary showcases, and capacity development programmes more accessible to millions of Nigerians working across […]