The minister disclosed this in Sal Island, Cape Verde, after a meeting with the Secretary-General of the UNWTO, Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili.
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UNCTAD in a report jointly issued with the UN World Tourism Organisation stated that the estimate was based on losses caused by the pandemic’s direct impact on tourism and the ripple effect on related sectors.
Pololikashvili made this known when he led a high powered delegation, consisting eight Ministers of Tourism and representatives from 44 countries across Africa, on a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.
The UNWTO scribe who addressed a joint media conference with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said with the right policies being put in place, the country would take its pride of place.
The President stated this when he received Zurab Pololikashvili, the Secretary-General of United Nations World Tourism Organisation at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the call on Monday in Abuja at the opening of 61st United Nations World Tourism Organisation Commission for Africa.
Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary-General, made the declaration in Abuja at a pre-conference media briefing he jointly addressed with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.