{"id":2041,"date":"2013-01-12T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2013\/01\/strengthen-tourism-sector-fg-urged\/"},"modified":"2013-01-12T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T11:28:00","slug":"strengthen-tourism-sector-fg-urged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/01\/12\/strengthen-tourism-sector-fg-urged\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthen tourism sector, FG urged"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"73\">\n<p>Lagos \u2013 Some tourism experts have urged the Federal Government to strengthen the sector to increase its contribution to the economy.<\/p>\n<p>In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday, the experts applauded some of the milestones recorded by the Federal Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Mr Olugbenga Adebayo, the Managing Director, Gadeshire Travel and Tours Ltd., Abuja, noted that the Federal Ministry Culture and Tourism had been playing its role effectively. \u201cThe sector is blessed enough to take over the economy of the country from other sectors,\u201d Adebayo said.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Mrs Wanda Ibru, the Managing Director, Pathways Tourism Development Initiative, Port Harcourt, also noted that the sector was blessed with resources and the potential to sustain the economy. \u201cThe ministry should put in place structures that will position the sector to take over from other sectors because we have the resources, the land and the potential for the country to rely on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-305620\" alt=\"Bar-Beach\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ghanamma.com\/uploads\/2013\/01\/915eBar-Beach.jpg\" width=\"412\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all these potential and resources, there should be nothing stopping the government from developing the tourism sector,\u201d she said. Mr Segun Adeshina, the Director, Lagos School of Travels and Tourism, said that it was possible for tourism to be the nation\u2019s revenue base. \u201cBefore this could be achieved, a lot still needs to be done to reposition the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government should assist to create a good atmosphere for tour operators, hoteliers, airlines and travel agencies to survive,\u2019\u2019 Adesina said. He expressed optimism that the sector would had the capacity to increase the nation\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Lagos \u2013 Some tourism experts have urged the Federal Government to strengthen the sector to increase its contribution to the economy. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}