Tourism is becoming an attractive venture for Lagos State government has expressed its readiness to deploy robust technology and innovation to drive the sector further.
The state realized that tourism is one of the pillars of the creative economy which could turn the IGR of any country around and this is why the Lagos State Government is determined to use the creative economy for revenue generation outside the Oil and GAS.
“The State will deploy innovation, technology, and globally tested resources to achieve its goal of marketing her tourism assets. This is part of the reason the State is putting together a 15-year tourism master plan alongside other innovations,” says Steve Ayorinde, the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture.
He disclosed that Lagos State Government would host “2018 ‘tida’ conference and the launch of virtual tourism device for tourism promotion in the State.
The commissioner who endorsed the conference said, “this is purely hinged on the fact that the innovation aligns with the Administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in the use of technology to drive business and leisure visitors to Lagos State and further expand the market for the consumption of made in Lagos creative ideas, products, and services.
Speaking through its leader, Mr. Femi Lawson, the ‘tida team said the choice of Lagos State for the launch of the device was borne out of recognition for the position Lagos State occupy as the emerging tourism hub of the nation and the massive tourism market available for exploration in the State.
He says ‘tida’ is set for development of ideas that will add value to tourism promotion through Tourism Insurance, Infrastructural tourism and the virtual tourism device that will help to market Nigeria tourism potentials domestically and help to increase traffic of international tourists into the country.
