The United Nations World Tourism Organisation, UNWTO, has expressed confidence in Lagos becoming one of the tourism destinations in the world, noting that Lagos would play a pivotal role in the organisation’s quest to promote new world tourism destinations.
Secretary-General of UNWTO, Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili, said this yesterday, when he led a delegation, consisting eight ministers of tourism and representatives from 44 countries across Africa, on a courtesy visit to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State.
Pololikashvili said the technical visit to the state, as part of the activities for the just-concluded 61st UNWTO/CAF meeting in Abuja, was a pointer to the role Lagos would play in developing tourism on the continent.
His words: “You can count on us to promote this fantastic place. Be assured that Lagos will be one of the most important parts of our branding strategy.”
In his response, Governor Ambode said the investment in infrastructure renewal by his administration was a well thought out strategy to position Lagos as a tourism hub.
He said: “We believe that with the kind of population and the market that Lagos has, we must start to create tourism infrastructure to be able to grow the economy. That is why Lagos is technically a construction site.
“The ultimate goal is that this infrastructure will drive people to come and spend their weekend here.”
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