2023 National Tourism Transport Summit to hold in April

The National Tourism and Transportation Summit and Expo (NTTS & E), a combined tourism and transportation national event, will take place from April 3–4, 2023, at the Abuja International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, with the theme: "AfCFTA: Exploring Intra-African Trade, Tourism and Transportation Opportunities and Mitigating the Barriers to Collaboration."

According to the statement, “The 2023 edition of the Summit and Expo provides yet another rare opportunity where stakeholders in the Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry as well as the Transportation sector in Nigeria, and indeed the African continent, are provided with a platform to meet and engage in a healthy dialogue for the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) beneficial to all countries within the continent. 

The statement noted that “The choice of the theme which is AfCFTA: Exploring Intra-African Trade, Tourism and Transportation Opportunities and Mitigating the Barriers to Collaboration was deliberate with the intent to deepen a clearer understanding of possible challenges and barriers that lay ahead in the implementation of the AfCFTA regime.

“It is indeed designed to be a major milestone in actualizing the full potentials of the free trade agreement towards benefiting both private businesses and government across the African region, as well as open up a great deal of discussions within the circle of relevant decision makers, policy enunciators, administrators, organizations, agencies, associations, trade communities and African countries.”

"Key industry players, Chief Executives, Associations, and Decision Makers, where the platform and opportunities are made available to interact and meet with international regulatory and policy setting bodies, embassies, regulators, employers, and investors to showcase and market their products and services covering such expansive fields and business areas as Aviation, Maritimes, Railways, Airport operators, Road Transportation, Nation" are among those who are anticipated to attend the event.

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