Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke wants more attention to be focused towards reviving the tourism sector as it cuts across other secto
Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke wants more attention to be focused towards reviving the tourism sector as it cuts across other sectors of the economy. Speaking in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, he advocated for the free trade zone in Calabar to work efficiently in order to encourage commercialization of local products and the revival of tourism sites across the country.
“If we got Tinapa working, the traffic we see in December will be year long. This will be the most sought after destination in Africa. Now you try and envisage if the traffic that come in December is year long, with the amount of resources that will be brought into our state, the farmer will make more money and grow more food. Hotels will make more money. You open a restaurant, you make more money and that is what this is all about. The economy will be functional.”
He further said that if the Obudu cattle ranch is reactivated, the traffic that will be going on between the northern and southern region of the country, with people flying across the state, it will help boost tourism.
He concluded by saying, “Tourism is so natural to us, it isn’t something we have to work hard to achieve, it is almost second nature to us.”
