FG Asked to Make Tourism Polices Favourable to Local Communities

 

Oluwafunso said in Lagos that the historical and cultural heritage of tourism was traceable to local communities.

``To develop tourism, government should make good and favourable policies that would favour the custodians of our historical and cultural heritage,” he said.

The consultant said that government should rehabilitate roads, provide stable electricity and other amenities for the local communities, so that tourists could easily travel deep into the hinterland.

Oluwafunso said that to give tourism a facelift, tourism investors should use famous Nigerians as their brands to market tourism products.

``Famous Nigerians should be made tourism ambassadors and the face of tourism products for marketing.

``This would promote such products in the international market,” the consultant said.

Oluwafunso said that travelling agents and the media had a lot of work to do in packaging the tourism industry to enhance promotion.

He suggested that the media should always portray the positive image of the country to the outside world, so that tourists would not be deterred from coming into the country.