His Royal Majesty , the Oba of Ondo, Oba Dr. Victor Adesimbo Kiladejo JILO III, CFR, the Osemawe Kiladejo 1, has commended the Founder of Asun Carnival, Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye, Founder, La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort Worldwide, for bringing up the annual Asun Carnival which he said, is now poised to be a great unifying factor among the indigenes of Ondo State, Nigerians generally and Africans at large.  The monarch who spoke through his representative, Chief Akinbileje liyemoja of Ondo Kingdom, said that, he is impressed by the massive crowd that has turned up for the event this year, and the fact that, Asun Carnival has this year, brought home to Ondo, sons and daughters of the state, as well as friends from home and abroad.  “The rain the previous day, was actually to render special blessings to this year’s Asun Carnival. As today Saturday has arrived with a clear weather, necessary for Asun Carnival celebration for this year 2024,” he added. As early as 10am, the ve...

In  delivering this week’s tourism product, Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye, apologized over the delay, which he attributed to his rather very tight schedule, and work on a project related to this week’s tourism product as well. He recalled that, in the last 40 years development of the tourism industry in Nigeria, he has always stressed the importance of creating tourism destinations. Otunba Akinboboye said that, Nigeria has numerous geographical and other attractions that includes beaches, hills, waterfalls, historical landmarks and so on. However, it has failed to transform many of these tourist attractions into tourism destinations, which is essential in creating a viable tourism industry in Nigeria and providing employment and economic empowerment to numerous communities across Nigeria. The tourism icon, Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye explained that, when tourists visit an attraction, they will only expend money at that location if it contains infrastructure that encourages such expendi...

Tourism  icon, Otunba Olawanle Akinboboye this week focuses on the need for the continent of Africa, to take advantage of its advantages’, by focusing on tourism products that leverage off “our access to this large expanse of sand. With Nigeria alone, having over 884 km of sandy beaches.”   According to him, the product he spoke about last week; ‘Ijoko Yanri‘, took advantage of sand to create seating. In line with this, he would be talking about another tourism product; ‘Beach Polo’, which could leverage off the country’s access to sand. He explained that Beach Polo is a variant of a well known sporting activity known as ‘Polo’ or ‘The Game of Kings’, a sport synonymous with grassy paddocks and wealthy men wielding mallets on the back of charging horses. He mentioned that, Polo had a reputation for being a rich man’s sport and accordingly, a particularly luxurious life style had grown around the sport and the events it hosted. There was also the belief that the sport provided ...

Nigeria’s Tourism Minister, Mrs Lola Ade-John, may finally be the long awaited answer, that the nation’s Tourism sector has long been waiting for. No sooner had she braved and fought an illness, and recovered, which made her a late starter among her committee of Ministers, Lola Ade-John resumed office looking frail, but ready to run! And run, run, run, has been her lot, since resumption. From one major tourism assignment to another, Lola Ade-John has been on the road, most part of 24 -7 of a day! And when she finally landed at the 65 acres La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort at Ikegun, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, last Friday, it was much clearer why the Minister has decided to hit the road running! Ade-John is not alone, the Minister works with a team, that knows their onions, observant and ready to deliver! And they were all here with her: the Special Adviser Community Engagement, Elizabeth Pam; Special Adviser, Policy and Legal Services, Jibike Teniola; Special Adviser, Media Communications a...