Director-General, Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mrs Sally Mbanefo, has described tourism as the greatest employer of labour.
Speaking during the 2015 World Tourism Day, on the theme, ‘1 billion tourists, 1 billion opportunities,’ held in Enugu State, Mbanefo said, the NTDC under her administration is leaving no stone unturned to ensure practical development and promotion of domestic tourism.
She said: “Nigeria has a better advantage over so many other countries to benefit from tourism. We have the advantage of population. Tourism contributes 10% to the global GDP but as at now, Nigerian is not fully benefiting from tourism like other countries.
“For instance, 4, 333, 000 tourists visited Nigeria in 2013, which contributed about 4 per cent to our GDP, while tourism contributes 17.7 per cent to the GDP of Gambia; 13 per cent to Egypt; 12 per cent to Kenya; 11.9 per cent to Mexico; 9 per cent to South Africa, and 6 per cent to Cuba,” she informed.
