Major countries of the world host sporting events not only to boost their images but to attract attention to their tourist attractions, so it is not surprising that many European countries struggle to host major sporting events.
The chiefs and people of Gbadzeme in the Avatime Traditional Area in the Ho Municipality, have discovered a number of new tourist sites which should be developed to attract both local and foreign tourists to the area.
The global Travel & Tourism industry has emerged as one of the 21st Century's most powerful segments of economic and social growth and development.
The Nigerian High Commission in London has renewed the passport of former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Malam Nasir el-Rufa'i, after the presidency overruled instructions to deny him.
The recent introduction of the air passenger duty (APD) for departures from United Kingdom airports to long haul destinations is causing jitters within the tourism industry, with players fearing that they could lose British tourists.
AFRE Chief Executive Officer Patterson Timba has increased his shareholding in Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) after British millionaire Nicholas Van Hoogstraten sold his 10% stake in the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed hotel and leisure group. This comes after 160 million shares were snapped up on the market by Renaissance Securities, a company controlled by Timba on Tuesday in a deal valued at US$4,8 ...
Travelling in Nigeria by air is now safer as government's investment in making the sky safe again has started yielding fruits.
The Federal Airports Au-thority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reopened the newly resurfaced Kaduna runway for flight just as the authority announced the commencement of the metal fence project at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport Ikeja, LAgos.
Arik Air Airline has announced the secondment of two executives from Arik International SA with the appointment of Mr. John Roijen and Mr. Kevin Dudley as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) respectively.
Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced the selection of Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines to power its new Airbus fleet of 10 A330-300s, the aircraft due for delivery from early 2011.
Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe has disclosed that the collaboration between the NTDC and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has greatly reduced crime significantly in Nigeria.
The long-awaited guidelines on the standard criteria for classification of hotels and other tourism facilities have been launched.
In line with the Sheraton Abuja Hotel's Check Out for Children Kids Belong-theme, over 800 boisterous participants from various sectors of the Federal Capital Territory-Abuja converged on the Sheraton Abuja Hotel on October 10, to walk for vulnerable and orphaned Street Children in the country.
That Nigeria remains the fastest growing society as far as internet usage is concerned, has become a fact, of sorts, as attested to by the growing subscriber base of not just telecommunication firms operating in the country, but also from the increasing returns posted by a lot of the Internet Service Providers (ISP).
STILL bustling in the glory of the Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup win that sent Zimba-bweans from all walks of life celebrating with pomp, zest and funfair, the nation must start building its fortunes around soccer tourism too.
