The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has outlined a
number of measures, including technical assistance, capacity building and
revision of the Nigeria's Tourism Master Plan, as part of efforts to ensure the
development of tourism in the country, reports ITRealms.
Announcing these measures at the end of a two-day meeting
between the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and UNWTO
in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday, he expressed Nigeria’s interest in hosting the
60th meeting of the global Agency's Commission for Africa in 2018, in order to
attract global attention to tourism in the country.
He also disclosed that the global agency is widening access
to e-library for Nigerian tourism officials and offering support for relevant
tourism institutions and agencies, stressing that under the UNWTO's technical
assistance programme, Nigeria will be assisted in the area of data collection
for the elaboration of tourism statistics, rural tourism development, hotel
classification and in designing programmes to create awareness for tourism.
Focus in the area of capacity building, the minister said will
be on the empowerment of women in tourism through the centres being planned for
the six geo-political zones and the training of festival managers, among
others.
ITRealms gathered that UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai, led
the agency's delegation to the meeting, and assured that the implementation of
the programmes would start immediately and continue for the next two years.
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