The Federal Government has announced a tripartite partnership involving the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, UN World Tourism Organisation, UNWTO,, and global news leader, CNN to promote tourism in Nigeria.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the plan at the Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Association of Tour Operators, NATOP, in Lagos yesterday.
He said the partnership would leverage on Nigeria’s film industry popularly known as Nollywood.
Mohammed said that talks were at an advanced stage to forge a “very strong and effective partnership to use a comparative advantage in film production, through Nollywood, to promote tourism in Nigeria.
Mohammed said that more details of the partnership would be provided in the days ahead.
He appealed to tourism stakeholders to work with the Federal Government to ensure the success of the 2018 UNWTO CAF Meeting to be hosted in Abuja.
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