{"id":129367,"date":"2026-09-08T21:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=129367"},"modified":"2026-09-08T21:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:07:25","slug":"how-to-boost-nigerias-tourism-potential-chinese-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/how-to-boost-nigerias-tourism-potential-chinese-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Boost Nigeria\u2019s Tourism Potential \u2014 Chinese Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By John Azu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The President of the China Tourism Academy and Director of the Data Center of China\u2019s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Mr Dai Bin, has outlined measures Nigeria can adopt to unlock the potential of its tourism sector and make it a stronger contributor to the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Dai made the recommendations on Tuesday at a seminar on China\u2019s Tourism Development Experience held at the China Cultural Centre in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He identified insecurity, infrastructure deficits and inadequate awareness of Nigeria\u2019s tourism attractions among the major challenges hindering the development of the sector.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Nigeria needs to educate and enlighten its citizens about tourist destinations across the country to encourage domestic tourism, while also targeting the more than 17 million Nigerians in the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>He also called for efforts to improve Nigeria\u2019s image as a safe and attractive tourist destination, alongside the development of airlines, better flight scheduling, reliable tourism data and the promotion of local music as part of the country\u2019s tourism offering.<\/p>\n<p>Dai said China recorded 155 million inbound tourists in 2025, representing a 17.1 per cent year-on-year increase, while domestic tourism reached about 6.52 billion trips during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Chinese government had introduced several programmes and policies to stimulate tourism, including measures to increase citizens\u2019 disposable income and leisure time.<\/p>\n<p>He cited the introduction of a two-day weekend system and various national holidays, including the Mid-Autumn and Spring Festivals, as initiatives that had created more opportunities for domestic travel.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted digital tourism and destination planning as important components of China\u2019s tourism development strategy.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the Counsellor of the China Cultural Centre, Yang Jianxing, said the seminar was aimed at promoting a two-way exchange of knowledge and experience on tourism development between China and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that while Nigeria could draw lessons from China\u2019s tourism development experience, China could also learn from Nigeria\u2019s strengths and unique tourism assets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to both sides strengthening exchanges and deepening cooperation in areas such as tourism talent development, vocational tourism education, hotel management, eco-tourism, cultural heritage preservation, tourism digitalisation, destination marketing, and business partnerships, thereby transforming our respective strengths into a driving force for shared development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Yang said the hybrid online and offline format of the seminar reflected the changing nature of tourism exchanges in the digital era.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hope that the event would serve as a starting point for broader participation involving tourism institutions, research organisations, businesses and young professionals.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, the Director-General\/Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Dr Abisoye Fagade, described the seminar as an opportunity to deepen the friendship between Nigeria and China and translate the relationship into skills development, investment, job creation, stronger institutions and sustainable tourism development.<\/p>\n<p>He said Nigeria possessed the essential assets required to develop a vibrant tourism industry but needed greater capacity, coordination and commitment to turn those assets into economic prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria has the culture. Nigeria has the people. Nigeria has the destinations. What we now need is the capacity, coordination and commitment to turn these assets into prosperity,\u201d Fagade said.<\/p>\n<p>In a goodwill message, a representative of the Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority (NTDA) described the seminar as significant, particularly as Nigeria and China celebrate 55 years of diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n<p>The representative said the programme would further strengthen people-to-people exchanges between the two countries and create opportunities for deeper cooperation in tourism and related sectors.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Azu The President of the China Tourism Academy and Director of the Data Center of China\u2019s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Mr Dai Bin, has outlined measures Nigeria&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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