Expert Wants LGAs To Develop Tourism Sites

A lecturer at the Afe
Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Prof. Oladele Falade of the Department of Events Management,  has urged local government councils to develop tourism sites in their localities.
Falade told newsmen in a telephone interview in Lagos that most of the tourism sites were located in the local government areas.
He said the sites could become a source of revenue for the councils, if developed, stressing that “Local government chairmen should take interest in tourism development and see it as a source of revenue.
“It is important for the councils to develop the sites, to create awareness of their existence as some of the sites are not known to tourists,” Falade said.
He advised the federal and state governments to provide good roads to link the sites for easy access.
The don said the development of the sites would bring tourism to limelight and further enhance the inflow of tourists into the country.
Falade urged the government to implement the legislation guiding tourism development, to allow for meaningful development in the sector.
He said that Nigeria was endowed with tourism potential but was lacking in developing them.