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Nigeria
Announces Hosting of Africa Travel Association 10th
Ecotourism Symposium. "With
the advent of direct and scheduled flights from the
U.S. to Nigeria, select number of Nigerian leisure
destinations are being opened for the international
tourist market" stated Dr. Eboreime and added,
"Calabar on the Atlantic Coast is a major one, its
advanced tourist infrastructure and diversity of
leisure options, including the major resort Tinapa
being completed for a March 2007 opening, will
serve as an ideal entry by Nigeria to the
international travel market. Governor Donald Duke,
of Cross River State, where Calabar is the capital,
will be the official host of the five day,
engrossing dialog of Africa's and Nigeria's
tourism." The
Symposium will address issues of the environment
and ecological consequences for tourism. Especially
notable will be the segment dealing with Niger
Delta and the interaction with the petroleum
industry. The
Symposium's segment on investment and financing are
drawing major banking resources to join the event
including government and private banks, as well as
institutional and individual
investors. An
additional aspect will be the involvement of the
African Diaspora with it's over three million
Nigeria-Émigré in the United States
and their potential influence on Africa's tourism
business and industry. For
further information contact the Africa Travel
Association International Secretariat in New York
City (212) 447-1357 e-mail:
EcoTourism@AfricaTravelAssociation.Org
Did you Know
.... Calabar,
capital of Cross River State, Nigeria, was selected
as official site for the Africa Travel
Association's 10th Ecotourism Symposium, an annual
event that attracts travel agents, tour operators,
tourism industry executives and government
officials, including Ministers of
Tourism. Calabar
is a strategically located seaport on the Atlantic
Coast, a short distance from the Cameroon border in
the south eastern corner of Nigeria. The
Calabar and Great Qua rivers plus several creeks of
the Cross River serve the city, which for several
centuries was an important slave trade
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The
10th Africa Travel Association Eco-Tourism
Symposium will be held in Nigeria's Atlantic Coast
resort town of historic Calabar, November 15
through 20, 2006
A
joint announcement was made by Dr. O.J. Eboreime,
Director General of the Nigerian Tourism
Development Corporation and Mr. Edward Bergman,
Executive Director of the Africa Travel Association
(ATA).
The
Symposium is being presented under the auspices of
President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is expected to
open the conclave; and Minister of Culture &
Tourism, Chief Olufemi Fani-Kayode.
Mr.
Bergman, added "Nigeria will serve as an important
addition to Africa's trademark-safari offerings on
Africa's East Coast and the Southern areas. This
Symposium is designed to introduce Africa's
culturally rich West Coast - the Atlantic Coast- to
the American travel industry and traveling public,"
and stated "President Obasanjo directive to bring
Nigerian tourism industry on par with the other
world class leisure destinations gives this
Symposium a very special market
component."