Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaj Lai Mohammed, has announced that the country host the maiden edition of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) global conference on tourism, culture and the creative industries.
The event will take place in Lagos from 14 to 16 November 2022.
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In a statement issued on Saturday, September 24 by the Honourable Minister, the theme of the event ‘Linking Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industries: Pathways to Recovery and Inclusive Development,’ was given to Nigeria in 2021, at the 64th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Africa (CAF) in Cape Verde.
The conference is expected to witness the participation of delegates from the 166 member states of the UNWTO, which will include but not limited to the following:
I) UNWTO top executive and Officials and experts led by the Secretary General;
ii) Ministers and Officials from Tourism, Culture and Arts Ministries of member states;
iii) National Tourism and Culture Organizations;
iv) International Organizations and destination Management Organizations;
v) Stakeholders from the public and private sector, civil society working on tourism, cultural and the creative industries; and
vi) The media and creative economy.
In the framework of the conference, the programmes and activities will include:
i) Two parallel experts’ workshops
ii) Seminar on tourism and the creative industries
iii) Conference on linking tourism, culture and the creative industries
iv) Exhibitions on gastronomy, fashion, movie, music, visual arts, etc
v) A special programme on the creative industries- ‘A Day with Nollywood’.
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