The Federal Government, has been called upon to put measures
in place to exploit the huge game reserve potentials for economic growth.

Mrs Ubongabasi Nseobot, the Public Relations Manager,
Southern Sun Hotel, Ikoyi, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.

Nseobot said the sector could be a huge revenue earner for
the country if government exploited the potential in the sector.

She said the country would industrialise faster with the
help of a game reserve, adding that tourism stakeholders were the ‘brain’ of
any nation.

“There is no way Nigeria would industrialise without tourism
on the lead.

“Hotels are everywhere, government generate fund through
them, adding that if a game reserve are in all the states, it will boost
tourism and bring about economic growth,” she said.

Nseobot said the country had potentials in the tourism
industry that could be exploited to create employment opportunities.

She suggested that government should decentralise the oil
industry so that the people could make use of their initiatives rather than
depend on “easy revenue made from oil”.

Nseobot said that tourism was a way of life of every society
as people were bound to hang out in relaxation centres.

Nseobot said that tourism had a way of advancing the course
of any given society by contributing to the development of that nation.

She noted that a peaceful and tourism environment brought
about development.