Lagos’ll be key in our strategy branding –UNWTO scribe

Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili yesterday said that Lagos would play a pivotal role in the organisation’s quest to promote new tourism destinations across the world.
Pololikashvili, who made this known when he led a high powered delegation, consisting eight Ministers of Tourism and representatives from 44 countries across Africa on a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, said the Technical Visit to the State, as part of the activities for the just concluded 61st UNWTO/CAF Meeting in Abuja, was a pointer to the role Lagos would play in developing tourism in the continent.
Describing the visit to Lagos as the best part of the meeting, the UNWTO Scribe said, “We are here to promote new tourism destinations.
You can count on us, thanks to you, to promote this fantastic place.
Thanks for receiving us and rest assured that Lagos will be one of the most important parts of our strategy branding.”
Responding, Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode said the massive investment in infrastructural renewal by his administration was a well thought out strategy to position Lagos as a tourism hub.
He said his administration was not unmindful of the massive economic benefits yet untapped from the tourism sector, adding that conscious efforts are being made to maximise the potentials for the benefit of the people.