AKWA IBOM CHRISTMAS VILLAGE HAS GENERATED OVER N1BN WITHIN ONE MONTH

Since it was reopened on December 1, 2020, the Akwa Ibom Christmas Village has created a value worth over N1 billion, according to the State Government.

A statement by Orman Esin, the Commissioner for Tourism, Akwa Ibom State said that the Village was a testament to the fact that the state was ready for the business of tourism.


[/b]He stated this when a team of tour operators, stakeholders and journalists from Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt visited the state.[b]

He lamented that the with the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, the 2020 Christmas season looked bleak as annual events were cancelled all over the world, including the record setting annual 9999 event in Uyo, but the opening of the village had brought live back to the state and showcased the potential of the South-south state.

Akwa Ibom Christmas Village is set on a huge spread of land at the cultural centre, which allows for effective social distancing and respect of Covid-19 protocols, he said.


He stated that the rich tourism potential of the state was now ready for exploitation, stressing that the state had audited its tourism assets and would be launching out with programmes in the New Year to showcase them to the world.

The team visit to Akwa Ibom Christmas Village was led by Ikechi Uko, tourism expert Ambassador and members of the Seven Wonders of Nigeria project.

The visit was organised by Travellab an Uyo based travel company and were hosted by the State Tourism Ministry.

The team was taken on a tour of some locations in Akwa Ibom guided by Prof. Edem Eniang, a Biodiversity expert.

They visited the Itam sacred Monkey Sanctuary and from there went to Itu confluence town where Cross River and River Eniong meets. They visited the Mary Slessor Heritage Sites. After a tour of Ikot Abasi historical sites before lunch at Ibom Resort.

According to the Commissioner, the Akwa Ibom Christmas Village was the biggest Christmas event of its kind in Africa with the size of its location and potential for growth.[b][/b]

“Over 600 vendors attract thousands of visitors every evening. This will become a must visit place in Nigeria every December,” he said.

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Nice investment strategy

Building such structures is much better than flying down to Dubai to burn Naira.

Akwa Ibom is a very nice place to stay, those guys have wonderful road network.

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Freestainworld:
Nice investment strategy

Exactly

Kingosytex:
Building such structures is much better than flying down to Dubai to burn Naira.

Akwa Ibom is a very nice place to stay, those guys have wonderful road network.

Yes sir

Couldn't go to calabar with my family as planned due to security concerns. Fix security and the rest will fall in place.

ogmask:
Couldn't go to calabar with my family as planned due to security concerns. Fix security and the rest will fall in place.

Pls this is Akwa-Ibom not calabar (Cross River state) we don't have security changes mbok

Olunmercy56:

Freestainworld:
Nice investment strategy

Is a great place to be...
Mynd44 FP

ogmask:
Couldn't go to calabar with my family as planned due to security concerns. Fix security and the rest will fall in place.

Uyo as no security issues ok

Kingosytex:
Building such structures is much better than flying down to Dubai to burn Naira.

Akwa Ibom is a very nice place to stay, those guys have wonderful road network.

You've said it all

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Ilaumoh:

Uyo as no security issues ok

Is uyo not in Nigeria Bro?
Maybe you think everyone flies to uyo ba? Let's assume without conceding that uyo is Eldorado without security concerns what about getting to uyo by road. How safe are the highways?

This op and propaganda are like 5 and 6

These people dont fear God anymore, when akwa ibom internal revenue is not upto 1billion.

ogmask:


Is uyo not in Nigeria Bro?
Maybe you think everyone flies to uyo ba? Let's assume without conceding that uyo is Eldorado without security concerns what about getting to uyo by road. How safe are the highways?

Let me ask you is Calabar in Akwa-Ibom?

lastempero:
These dont fear God anymore, when akwa ibom internal revenue is not upto 1billion.

Senseless talk, Ibeno alone generate almost 15billion monthly for Akwa Ibom with its present of almost 12oil companies and services companies and you are insulting the 5th state with the highest IGR in the country... Nonsense

htdot:
This op and propaganda are like 5 and 6

Which part of this article is propaganda or are you having reading to understanding issues..

1 billion profit or one billion overall ??

GMBuhari:
1 billion profit or one billion overall ??

Profit

Lienus.

this good for them

All these our dumb as fvk Northern governors need to go to Akwa ibom and learn.... Sceneries just dey waste for here.

Nonsense..

The worst Governor Akwa ibom ever had.

we will survive till 2023

PRODA AKWAIBOM

small small oga...

Delete this thread which kind lie is this na,

This na pure undiluted lamba, i suspect Lia Mohammed behind this

Akwa Ibom is trying.



My only problem with them is
the barbarous habit of public roasting
of suspected criminals..


Very terrible..