Lagos State Government on Monday said that the State’s Tourism Master Plan has adequately captured the potentials of spiritual or religious tourism, adding that the primary concern of government was to ensure that the infrastructure and enabling environment to drive tourism development was fully in place.

Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde who disclosed this while addressing journalists at the annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third year anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, said the Master Plan, which would be ready by the end of May 2018, was geared toward showcasing the State as major tourism destination across the world.

According to Ayorinde, the long term strategic master plan, which is being prepared by Messrs Ernst & Young, will focus on six sectors including Culture and Heritage, Film, Art and Entertainment, Business Tourism, Nature and Adventure, Medical and Wellness, Beach and Leisure.





Responding to a question on if the Master Plan took cognisance of the multi billion naira generated by tourists visiting the State for spiritual purposes on a yearly basis, the Commissioner said that though not explicitly mentioned in the plan, said that every area of tourism had been adequately provided for in the document.

“If you look at the six sectors in broad terms, you will see that they have captured every area of tourism as far as business development and promotion are concerned and the interest of government is to develop the ecosystem of tourism, the practitioners, the tour operators everybody who has been involved over the years, will basically drive their businesses.

“But what government is interested in is to say that in the first two years after we have released the tourism master plan, what are the things that we need get done, what sort of policies should guise us, do we require any tweaking in the existing policies and programmes, who do we speak to, where do we seek money and who should we identify and those six pillars that our consultants have identified, frankly speaking has captured everywhere.

“Visitors, who come in for spiritual tourism, most times come for conferences, for spiritual healing and exhibition. It shouldn’t matter to the State what you have come for, what matters to the State is that visitors are coming, when they come, they see our city, they sleep in our hotels, they buy our foods, etc. So it’s all about tourism and entertainment,” Ayorinde said.





The Commissioner said that Lagos had continued to attract visitors from all over the globe due to its commercial activities and tourism potentials, adding that recently, the State was ranked as number one tourism destination in Africa for British residents ahead of South Africa and Kenya.

He added that that the plan by two top Hollywood actors to shoot movies in the State this year would further boost the State’s economy and generate employment for those in the movie business.

“Recently John Boyega, a British-Nigerian made his intention known to make a film which has a budget of about $25million (about N9billion). Also Lupita Nyong’o, a Kenyan born Hollywood actress will be shooting a film based on the adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s novel Americanah in Lagos and the budget for the film is even much bigger. We cannot quantify what the economic benefits of this would be.

“All these are coming at a time when Governor Ambode is doing everything possible to improve on the development of Tourism, Hospitality Entertainment and Sporting Excellence in the State,” he said.





He also disclosed that the State Government would be playing a key role during the visit of the French President, Emmanuel Macron, who is scheduled to visit Nigeria and also Lagos later in July this year, adding that the Ministry of Tourism had held series of meeting with the French Ambassador as well as the representatives of the French President to facilitate the visit.

Speaking on the proposed Lagos Museum project to be sited at the New Eko Court, Marina, Ayorinde revealed that the State has already received $400,000 out of the $600,000 grant donated by the Ford Foundation, adding that the entire fund would go into the design and preparation for the museum.

The Commissioner also said that during the year under review, the Ministry in partnership with the Federal Government stepped up its clampdown on piracy and indecent display of adult contents on the streets, saying that the government would not hesitate to prosecute those who display and patronise such materials going forward.




SOURCE: http://www.barbaric.com.ng/lagos-tourism-master-plan/

Who is going to visit a slum? You better clean up Lagos before thinking of tourism.

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BrosPeter:
Who is going to visit a slum? You better clean up Lagos before thinking of tourists.

Make the tourists try come mushin abeg

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good for them.

Lai Muhammed wee not come here now o!.. wen e reash to praise Senegal e go come out!.....plus why are our ministers so old, local and outdated? See sport minister will always wear agbada! evrytime I see lai Muhammed I always feels ashamed!. ok see minister of petroleum ( OF NIGERIA O) wen e finally wore suit I nearly Cry! we need new power o! true

BrosPeter:
Who is going to visit a slum? You better clean up Lagos before thinking of tourists.

Don't worry, they're not going to your father's house.

They will go to the civilized places - Lekki, Ikoyi, VI.

States like bayelsa,delta,Rivers and akwa ibom should be competing with Lagos state in terms of development

mmsen:

Don't worry, they're not going to your father's house.
They will go to the civilized places - Lekki, Ikoyi, VI.

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United Nations definition of a slum;


UN-HABITAT defines a slum household as a group of individuals living under the same roof in an urban area who lack one or more of the following:1. Durable housing of a permanent nature that protects against extreme climate conditions.2. Sufficient living space which means not more than three people sharing the same room.3. Easy access to safe water in sufficient amounts at an affordable price.4. Access to adequate sanitation in the form of a private or public toilet shared by a reasonable number of people.5. Security of tenure that prevents forced evictions.


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That's welcome development. Considering that fact that today, after the Oil and automobile industries, tourism is the largest, especially in developed nations. Nigeria is quite really blessed with great and amazing tourism potentials. But our leaders, and even our people are very much unconcerned about the huge benefits. If we must really diversify our economy, then tourism must be taken seriously.
It is an all encompassing industry, with direct, indirect and induced benefits..

Nice development

This is nice. The enormous potentials and benefits of tourism cannot be overemphasized. Every state should be urged to do more in tourism to boost the economy of their respective states. It's quite unfortunately that when a dullard like Buhari came into power, he didn't see tourism as an economy booster. What does such a dullard know?

mmsen:


Don't worry, they're not going to your father's house.

They will go to the civilized places - Lekki, Ikoyi, VI.

FUNKEEEEE!!!!!!!, the apostle must hear of this.

BrosPeter:
Who is going to visit a slum? You better clean up Lagos before thinking of tourism.

Slum?! Have you seen Lagos lately? To class the entirety of Lagos as a slum? I'm sure you just pass though some part of Alagbado, and went back to Ogun State. There are also people who live in Mowe, and believe that's Lagos.

TourismMan:
This is nice. The enormous potentials and benefits of tourism cannot be overemphasized. Every state should be urged to do more in tourism to boost the economy of their respective states. It's quite unfortunately that when a dullard like Buhari came into power, he didn't see tourism as an economy booster. What does such a dullard know?

I believe Nigeria has one of the biggest tourism potentials in the world, and Lagos is the gateway to all of that.

paulsibility:
That's welcome development. Considering that fact that today, after the Oil and automobile industries, tourism is the largest, especially in developed nations. Nigeria is quite really blessed with great and amazing tourism potentials. But our leaders, and even our people are very much unconcerned about the huge benefits. If we must really diversify our economy, then tourism must be taken seriously.
It is an all encompassing industry, with direct, indirect and induced benefits..

We hope the leadership of Nigeria can focus on tapping into this. With what Lagos is doing, it may show the rest of the country what can be achieved from tourism. When the FOREX starts pouring in, other states will join in, and the FG will have not choice than to align.

Tourism is the future!

;DTourism in Lagos is hugely due to the activities at the Synagogue Church of all nations. However, the Lagos state government has left a lot of infrastructures in the SCOAN environment in comatose. Religious bigotry will not allow them to see the truth. Shame. Even the major road along Synagogue road was tarred by the church itself. This country is blessed but they play politics with everything

userplainly:
Lai Muhammed wee not come here now o!.. wen e reash to praise Senegal e go come out!.....plus why are our ministers so old, local and outdated? See sport minister will always wear agbada! evrytime I see lai Muhammed I always feels ashamed!. ok see minister of petroleum ( OF NIGERIA O) wen e finally wore suit I nearly Cry! we need new power o! true

You should be more concerned with what they do and say than what they wear.

There's nothing wrong with wearing Agbada. It does not impact ones ability to be effective as a minister.

mmsen:


You should be more concerned with what they do and say than what they wear.

There's nothing wrong with wearing Agbada. It does not impact ones ability to be effective as a minister.

Who ever a country is choosing as a minister that will represent her should not only have the will and commitment but also LOOK the part!.... APPEARANCE SAYS ALOT ABOUT SOMEONE!... moreover is Lai Mohammed, Minister of petroleum and Minister of Education doing a good job for the country Oga noh provoke me o! must u quote?

userplainly:


Who ever a country is choosing as a minister that will represent her should not only have the will and commitment but also LOOK the part!.... APPEARANCE SAYS ALOT ABOUT SOMEONE!... moreover is Lai Mohammed, Minister of petroleum and Minister of Education doing a good job for the country Oga noh provoke me o! must u quote?

I did not claim that either is doing a good job but rather you should reserve your comment for their actions as opposed to their clothing.

Nigerians are obsessed with appearance, oftentimes at the expense of making a clear assessment on performance.