By Chimezie Godfrey
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has formally invited all member states of the United Nations World Tourism Organization.
This is contained in a statement signed by the
Special Assistant to the President (Media)
Office of the Minister of Information and Culture, Segun Adeyemi made available to newsmen.
Adeyemi stated,”The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has formally invited all member states of the United Nations World TourismOrganization (UNWTO) to the first-ever UNWTO Global Conference onTourism, Culture and Creative Industries, to be held in Lagos 14-16 Nov. 2022.
“The Minister extended the invitation to member states at the ongoing
65th Meeting of the UNWTO-Commission for Africa in Arusha, Tanzania,
saying: ”I look forward to welcoming you all to Lagos, Nigeria’s
commercial nerve center.”
According to Adeyemi, the Minister told the meeting that the global conference would be held at the National Theatre, which was constructed in 1976 as a focal point for
the celebration of Nigeria’s art and culture, and which hosted the 1st
Festival of Arts and Culture, popularly known as FESTAC, in 1977.
”The National Theatre is currently being massively renovated and
rehabilitated, with four additional verticals that will cater for music, film, fashion and ICT being built. It is therefore fitting that
this conference will take place there,” Alhaji Mohammed said.
Delegates from the 166 member states of the UNWTO, as well as UNWTO
top officials and experts, international organizations, stakeholders
from the public and private sector as well as civil society working on
tourism, cultural and the creative industries, and the media, are expected to participate in the global conference.
