A delegation from Nigeria took part in Arabian Travel Market in Dubai last week in a bid to attract tourism investment.Otunba Segun Runsewe, director general of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, said: “Arabian Travel Market is a great opportunity for investors to look at opportunities in Nigeria.”This year we want to speak to key stakeholders in the Middle East who are interested in developing our tourism infrastructure – we are one of the best countries in the world for business development.”He explained that Nigeria was already attracting significant interest from hotel groups, with new properties from Radisson and Sofitel in the pipeline.The biggest growth markets for Nigeria, said Runsewe, were sports tourism, cultural tourism and the meetings industry, with visitors from the Middle East and the UK proving key sources for business for these sectors.”All the major airlines serve Nigeria – Abuja and Lagos – particularly British Airways and Emirates Airlines, which are bringing in the business from these counties,” he said.”Our capital Abuja, is one of the best destinations in Africa for business and conference tourism and this sector has seen 20 percent growth year on year.”Rusewe said Nigeria also wanted to attract more investment in leisure resorts.
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