A visit to Dubai is not complete for most people without a safari tour where a mysterious desert beckons tourists for a magical evening out. Jimoh Babatunde joined other tourists to experience how the sun descends into the horizon around the enchanting show of falconry…
The new General Manager of the Golden Tulip Festac Hotel, Nino Miseo, says competition by major brands in the hospitality industry helps it to grow. The 62 years old Italian says his second coming into Nigeria after his first stint at the Imo Concord Casino Hotel, Owerri between 1983 and 1986, is to bring to bare the experience he has gathered all over the world.
As one enters the Igun street through the arched gateway with the inscription, “Home of Guild of Benin Bronze Casters: World Heritage Site”, one is assailed by popular Benin bronze works of the kings and queens and other notable royalties as well as other artistic motif on display at various shops.
Delta state is one of the states in Nigeria that have put in place, structures to harness the benefit of tourism to its people with the planned ambitious Delta leisure resorts in Oleri and Ogwashi Uku.
Lagos state government has promised that the 3rd edition of the Black Heritage Festival will be an enjoyable family outing for the residents and tourists, stressing that it is looking forward to handing over the planning and sponsorship of the festival to the private sector soon.
SINCE the advent of this democratic dispensation, Cross River State has become synonymous with tourism. The state has become the place to be for tourists within and outside the country every December for its annual Calabar festival.
For many, it looks like magic, but to others it was originality and aesthetics combined. That was the feeling at the Port Harcourt Tourist Beach venue of the Boat Regatta of the just-concluded Rivers State Carnival 2011 (CARNIRIV) evoked by performances of some masquerades.
AT the 2011 edition of the Abuja carnival held last week, revellers and fun seekers let down their hair in style as the various state floats passed by with drums and sound system blaring popular tunes.
