Expert Wants Partnership In Tourism Dev

A tourism expert, Mr.
Theophilus Amodu, has called for the deployment of the Public  Private Partnership (PPP) in the developing of Nigeria’s tourism sector.
He said that the collaboration between government  and the  private sector will create lots of employment in tourism and boost the country’s economy.
Amodu, who made the call while interacting with The Tide in Port Harcourt last Thursday, stated  that government  funding  of the sector alone would not take Nigeria’s tourism to the desired level.
According to him, if PPP was effectively adopted, the country’s tourism potential would be harnessed better than those of countries like Kenya and Zambia.
The expert noted that most tourist  centres in the country were poorly patronised  because of lack of investment  in them, adding that if the sector is well organised and with right partnership,  tourism  will help reduce the problem of unemployment as well as increase the income generating capacity of government.
Amodu who is also a curator of a Museum  and Monument, posited that it costs a lot of money to maintain  that corporate bodies and individuals must begin to show interest in investigating the sector.
Meanwhile, anlaysis carried out by The Tide in Port Harcourt hasrevealed  that most of the tourist  sites in the state are either poorly patronised  or have  moribund.
The Port Harcourt tourist beach  this time around is hardly heard  of unlike  before. Some of the sites relevant for traditional  tourism like the Port Harcourt 200 are calling for attention, hence the essence of the public private partnership in promotion and development of our tourism is very fundamental.

Corlins Walter