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UNWTO seeks inclusion of tourism in African schools’ curricula
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has called on governments across the African continent to inculcate tourism in African schools’ curricula.
The UNWTO Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashuili, made the call at a three-day UNWTO Conference, when students from Pampers Academy were engaged in tourism discussions, held at the National Arts Theatre Complex, Lagos.
The theme for the conference is: “Linking Tourism, Culture and Creative Industries: Pathway to Recovery and Inclusive Development.
The secretary-general said that to improve the tourism industry across Africa, the needed education on tourism must be passed to the younger generation who remains the future of the industry.
In his words, “We are here to promote and support new projects, we look forward to better education for the youth through schools.
“We need to start with putting tourism in schools across Africa.
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“We want you to be part of our future as children and you are the future of this country, we want to give you the possibility to grow, don’t be shy to grow any business in tourism.
“Digitalisation is a big part of tourism, we will continue to support start-ups and youths in Nigeria to grow.”
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Pololikashuilli noted that tourism was the fastest and best way to create new jobs while exploring the diverse tourism value chain.
He said the UNWTO had been committed to creating awareness of the need to explore tourism and creating education on tourism.
Earlier, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Federal Government of Nigeria would continue to create the needed infrastructure for tourism to thrive in the country.
He noted that after the COVID-19 era, Nigeria became conscious of the huge revenue that could be generated in the industry.
He said according to the revenue statistics generated in 2021 after COVID-19, it was discovered that sectors in the tourism industry generated huge revenue yearly.
He said music raked in N300 billion, Nollywood generated N170 billion and fashion raked in N2 trillion.
According to him, this is an eye-opener for the federal government as more awareness of the potential of the tourism industry must be created for the younger generation to embrace.
He said there was a need for the nation to have a film institute to further improve the creative industry.
It was gathered that the event was attended by tourism experts from within and outside the country.
