Tourism updates from West Africa

ATQ News Updates from West Africa

ATQnews.com a member of Travel Media Group. This is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first Travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues. It started publishing offline about 10 years ago. ATQnews.com features reports that cover a wide range of topics within the travel

Tourism Man of the Year Nigeria Awards to hold at Port Harcourt Bantaba 2017

The organizer of the Port Harcourt Bantaba is set to honour the Tourism Man of the Year for 2016 at the event which has been scheduled to hold at the De Edge Hotel, Port Harcourt, River State.

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Other awards lined up are the Aviation Man of the Year, the Hospitality Personality of the Year, Travel Personality of the Year and the Hotel Man of the Year. The awards and recognitions are intended to distinguish Nigerians both in government and in the private sector who have distinguished themselves in moving the travel and tourism business forward in Nigeria.

Nigerian Government takes over West Africa’s Largest carrier Arik Air

Nigerian Government takes over West Africa’s Largest carrier Arik Air by Friday Nwosu Nigeria and West Africa’s largest carrier, Arik Air has been taken over by the country’s government in a bid to prevent the airline from going the way of other airlines that have gone out of operation…

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Russian Tourists know nothing about West Africa

West Africa tourism destinations remain largely untapped for the huge number of potential Russian tourists whose incomes have steadily grown over the past years and shown interest in touring different parts of the world…

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Masaba, Super Polygamist Who Married 97 Wives, is Dead

Fame comes in many ways. For Mohammed Bello Masaba, the Bida, Niger State-based Islamic cleric who died at the weekend, his rise to global prominence was linked to marriage to 97 wives, an unprecedented nuptial liberty which attracted attention worldwide…

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