“Good Tourism” in Nigeria

“Good Tour­ism” des­tin­a­tions and places in Niger­ia, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the west Afric­an nation who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

Preserving Nigeria’s cultural heritage through authenticity in tourism, education, technology

October 1, 2024

Calabar Carnival, ‘Africa’s Biggest Street Party, part of Nigeria's cultural heritage Akintomiwaao, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Today, ‘Octo­ber First’, is Nigeria’s Nation­al Inde­pend­ence Day. To mark the occa­sion, UK-based Nigeri­an aca­dem­ic Shola Osinaike makes a case for con­nect­ing Nigeria’s cul­tur­al her­it­age to its prom­ising future through authen­t­ic exper­i­ences in tour­ism, edu­ca­tion, and tech­no­logy. Thanks to “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner Tourism’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions for invit­ing Dr Osinaike to write […]

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Delicious, nutritious, precious: Nigeria’s ‘Slow Food’ travel & tourism potential

September 21, 2021
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Ofuda rice from southwestern Nigeria is usually produced on a small scale. Image by Stephen Olatunde (CC0) via unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/gB5qrP0eY50

Slow Food has found sup­port in Niger­ia. With its poten­tial to con­trib­ute to a cul­ture of sus­tain­ab­il­ity, as well as to vis­it­ors’ exper­i­ences, might Slow Food be a wel­come addi­tion to tour itin­er­ar­ies there?  Adenike Ade­bayo thinks so.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  [Thanks to Jim Butcher for invit­ing Dr Ade­bayo to write a “GT” Insight.] Gast­ro­nomy and good […]

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