In commemoration of the World Tourism Day, an Ibadan based Tourism Company, Capricorn Concierge Tourism on Friday, organized a workshop for youths in the South West.
The training which has over 200 participants drawn from different part of the region exposed the youths to opportunities in the industry and how they can make money through tourism.
While delivering lecture, Prince Gani Adebiyi dwelled extensively on the need for government to create conducive environment for private investors in the sector. This according to them will create jobs and enhance creativity.
Prince Adebiyi , a former Vice President, Federation of Tourism Practitioners Association of Nigeria, (FTAN) in his paper titled “Tourism and Jobs, Better Future For All” said, the tourism industry is driven by the private sector and what government needs to do is to provide an enabling environment for the private investors to thrive in the sector. He highlighted some ways government at all levels can provide an enabling environment.
He said “We want to see a situation where government will give loans to tourism companies, reduce taxes, develop tourism attractions and put in place infrastructure and basic amenities”.
Also speaking, the Managing Director Capricorn Concierge Tourism Company, Mr Tayo Araoye, in his keynote address said domestic tourism is not migrant business. He said that poor participation in the domestic tourism is one of the causes of unemployment in Nigeria because other industries have limited space for jobs.
Araoye further said “This program is awareness for the youths to expose, enlighten them and after the seminar we engage them in training. This will enable them to acquire different kind of skills”
