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ARCHIVES:
FLASHBACK Review-
ATA Ecotourism Symposium, Abuja, Nigeria, West
Africa Agriculture and
Environment Hon. Michael Afedi
Gizo, M.P., Minister for Tourism, Ghana, and
President of the Africa Travel Association, and
Nigeria's Minister of Culture and Tourism,
presided. Josephine C. Macaulay, Travel Consultant,
chaired the Symposium. Host Country
Day took place in Jos, a city fascinating for
its rich culture and traditions, only a day's
excursion from Abuja. The Jos Plateau and the
surrounding areas feature some of the most
arresting natural attractions in Nigeria including
mountains as high as 1,829 meters above sea level;
the Jos Wildlife Park, a reserve for over 65
species of mammals and varied kinds of bird and
reptiles. The Jos Museum and Museum of Traditional
Nigerian Architecture, highlighting the country's
greatest monument replicas such as the Kano Walls,
the Kasina Palace, the Palace of Oba of Berin; The
Riyom Rock Formation, one of the largest
collections of nature's sculptures anywhere in the
world; and Assop Falls. The Africa Travel
Association (ATA) is an international nonprofit,
nonpolitical, travel industry association
established in 1975 to promote tourism to the
continent of Africa. ATA is a member of American
Society of Travel Agents (ASTA); World Tourism
Organization (WTO); and a industry partner in the
"Green Globe" program. For more information about
ATA membership and Ecotourism Symposium
Registration please contact : Debrah Nairn, ATA
Headquarters, 347 Fifth Avenue, Suite 610, New
York, NY 10016, Tel: (212) 4347-1926; Fax (212)
725-8253, E-MAIL ; africatravelasso@aol.com,
Website: www.africa-ata.org Papers
Presented at the Ecotourism Symposium
were: (other details to
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