. . . As Govt. Promises Improved Sector.
As stakeholders across the world celebrate the 2024 World Tourism Day, the Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN) and the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Kaduna campus are seeking the collaboration of other stakeholders in the sector.
This is just as the Director Tourism Business, Innovation and Technology, Patience Iya promises that the Kaduna state governmt through the ministry will ensure collaboration with other stakeholders for an improved tourism sector in the state.
She disclosed that Kaduna state has the potentials to lead other states in the tourism section in the country.
Speaking at the event to commemorate the World Tourism Day in Kaduna Saturday, the State Coordinator of FTAN, Dr. Tobi Bernard Thomas, averred that his association remain committed to promoting Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage.
While promising that FTAN would continue to sustain tourism practices in the state, Dr. Thomas urged government and other stakeholders to recognize the huge contributions of the sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the nation’s economy.
In her remarks, the Coordinator of NIHOTOUR, Kaduna Campus, Mrs. Clara Asoko, said that Kaduna is a great city, but the awareness of tourism among the people is low, hence the need to create awareness about the benefits and the economic gains of tourism.
” This is one of the reasons while we are on the streets of Kaduna for a ‘Road Walk’ to sensitise and create awareness on the benefit of the sector to our diverse nation,” she explained.
According to Asoko, tourism has long been recognised as a vital force for peace, helping to build tolerance, reduces prejudice, and foster global unity.