Mr Ladi Jemi-Alade, the Chief Executive
Officer of Jemi Alade Tours, says 12 Chinese tourists will be taken
on a tour-trip round the country within two weeks by his agency.
Jemi-Alade told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that these tourists were
interested in acquiring knowledge of Nigeria’s ethnic cultures.
He said that they would visit: Bida,
Minna, Ilorin, Zungeru, Abuja and other places that depict Nigeria’s
authentic ethnic cultures between May 4 and May 18, 2017.
Jemi-Alade said that the curators of
those sites that would be visited would provide the history and
stories behind their existence to the tourists.
The tour operator said that he had been
able to woo these foreign tourists into the country for them to
attract more of their nationals to the country, thereby, encouraging
in-bound tourism.
“These tourists will take pictures
and video clips of the sites they will visit so that they can show
them to their people when they return to their country.
“We believe more of their indigenes
will indicate interests in visiting Nigeria again; this will boost
in-bound tourism.
Jemi-Alade urged other tour operators
to look out for more foreign tourists they could invite to the
country to have a feel of the Nigerian rich tourism potential.
He said that the Nigerian tourist sites
still needed to be properly marketed to the international tourists;
allay their fears about insecurity and encourage them from time to
time.
“We are in the best position to groom
the nation’s tourism, because tourism is the business of the
private investors and not of the government,” he said.
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