Travel & Business News magazine has introduced an national travel essay competition (NTEC 2009) for secondary school students across the country.

Publisher of the magazine and organiser of the competition, Mr. Ewos Iroro, said the essay competition was aimed at discovering hidden talents and encouraging young Nigerian youths to follow a career in the travel and tour sector in an effort to bring lasting solution to aging workforce, shortage of skilled manpower, amongst others.

According to him, the competition is also with a view to raising future aviation professionals and generate greater awareness for the air transport and travel & tourism sectors of the nation’s economy.

He said the all encompassing national competition, which is originally designed for students in the primary, secondary, tertiary and professional categories, was being inaugurated with an initial goal of reaching out to students in secondary schools nationwide to afford them the opportunity to express themselves and also assist them develop their creative writing abilities.

Iroro said the topic chosen for the maiden contest is “My Favourite Holiday Destination And Why?” “This is based on the reasoning of the editorial board of starting on a less technical note with the goal of gradually introducing more salient issues pertinent to the growth and development of the air transport industry in subsequent editions.