Business
Bonny Plans Culture, Tourism Expo
The Bonny Chamber of Commerce and Industry has begun preparations for the first Bonny Investment and Tourism Expo (BITE, 2025).
The event is to showcase the huge cultural and tourism potentials from the gas rich island and help birth the chamber of commerce, which will be the first outside Port Harcourt city.
President of Bonny Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Constance Nwokejiobi, made the plans public during a media chat with newsmen in Port Harcourt.
She said the Bonny Investment and Tourism Expo (BITE 2025) is a platform to drive a road map for the ancient community and sell to the world.
“BITE 2025 is designed to stimulate the local economy, promote youth entrepreneurship and elevate Bonny Island as a vibrant destination for Commerce,
“Culture and Tourism is both an investment drive and a destination, marketing campaign, drawing global attention to the island’s business potential, rich heritage and hospitality”, he said.
Besides the core objectives of the Tourism Expo, Mrs. Nwokejiobi said it also stimulate the local economy through entrepreneurship, cultural enterprises, tourism and also positioning Bonny as a destination brand for Commerce, leisure and cultural exchange.
She emphasised the need to invest in Bonny Island as it was a natural hub for Investment.
“There is a need to invest in Bonny Island, we have a natural deep sea harbour and extensive shorelines, presence of major international companies including NLNG, Renaissance (SPDC) and Seplat (ExxonMobil), the Bonny-Bodo (43km) connecting the Island to the mainland, a functioning airstrip/airport, a rich cultural heritage and vibrant annual festivals”, the President stated.
The first phase of the Bonny Investment and Tourism Expo, billed to kick-off between June 9 and June 12, 2025, according to Nwokejiobi, is a rallying call to rediscover Bonny Island as a destination of pride, culture, business and hospitality.
She said further that “we symbolically Lightup Bonny Island, we set in motion a vision rooted in self-sufficiency, youth empowerment, strategic trade partnership and tourism as a key driver of local prosperity”.
Kevin Nengia