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Nigeria seeks increased tourism revenue
17 November 2006
Nigeria needs to implement strategies that will attract investment from the private sector into eco-tourism.
That is according to the country's president who made the call during an address at the 11th African Travel Association Eco-tourism Symposium, reports local daily Vanguard.
The Nigerian government used the event to discuss ways in which to meet the country's target of increasing revenue from tourism.
Currently, Nigeria generates just 0.95% of its gross national product from tourism, but wants to see that figure rise to 4% as swiftly as possible.
President Olusegun Obasanjo told delegates that more needs to be done to ensure tourism revenue is having a bigger impact on the economy and pointed out that the country has more than enough areas of real beauty to attract visitors from all over the world.
'There are 1,129 Forest Reserves, 29 Game Reserves, four Game Sanctuaries and seven national parks spread across the length and breadth of Nigeria,' he said.
'These protected areas are immensely rich in fauna and flora resources. The Cross River National Park, for example, has a total area of 4000 square-kilometres made up of rainforest, mountain forest and derived Savanna.'
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That is according to the country's president who made the call during an address at the 11th African Travel Association Eco-tourism Symposium, reports local daily Vanguard.
The Nigerian government used the event to discuss ways in which to meet the country's target of increasing revenue from tourism.
Currently, Nigeria generates just 0.95% of its gross national product from tourism, but wants to see that figure rise to 4% as swiftly as possible.
President Olusegun Obasanjo told delegates that more needs to be done to ensure tourism revenue is having a bigger impact on the economy and pointed out that the country has more than enough areas of real beauty to attract visitors from all over the world.
'There are 1,129 Forest Reserves, 29 Game Reserves, four Game Sanctuaries and seven national parks spread across the length and breadth of Nigeria,' he said.
'These protected areas are immensely rich in fauna and flora resources. The Cross River National Park, for example, has a total area of 4000 square-kilometres made up of rainforest, mountain forest and derived Savanna.'
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