“Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) is an agency of the Nigerian state, and specifically the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and National Orientation, responsible for the overall development of the country's tourism.

History

In 1962, the Nigerian Tourist Association was established,^[1] without regulatory authorities. In 1976, the Supreme Military Council ruling the country issued Decree No. 54 that created the Nigeria Tourism Board, the country’s first tourism regulatory body.^[2]

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation was established in 1992 by Decree No. 81. ^[3]

The National Council on Commerce and Tourism was also created and entrusted with the coordination of the planning and development of tourism. The Minister of Commerce and Tourism chaired the council, in which state commissioners for commerce and tourism, representatives of travel agents, hoteliers and catering associations, tour operators, and various airlines were represented.^[4]

After the country's transition to civil government, in 1999, the new Constitution limited the regulatory power of the federal government “to tourist traffic alone.”^[2]

In 2017, the Nigerian Senate voted to amend the 1992 Act,^[5] in renaming the agency as the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority and, among other things, allow it to set up a tour operating company, named National Travel Bureau, that would offer services within and outside Nigeria. The act places the tour operator under "private-sector principles" in the sense that it "shall ensure that the revenue accruing to the Bureau from services provided by the Bureau are not less than sufficient to meet the total cost of providing these services."^[6]

Structure

The department has zonal offices at Bauchi, Calabar, Kano, Lagos, Lokoja and Jos, each headed by a zonal coordinator.

Sally Uwechue-Mbanefo was Director General until she was dismissed in November 2016. After three persons held the post in an "acting" capacity, Folorunsho Coker was appointed Director General in March 2017.^[7]^[8]

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References

1. ^About us, NTDS website
2. ^¹{{cite news |last=|first=|date=20 September 2017 |title=Brewing War over Tourism |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/09/20/brewing-war-over-tourism/|work=This Day |access-date=2 June 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/nig120668.pdf |title=Act to establish the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation and for matters connected therewith |last=|first=|publisher=Government of Nigeria |date=14 December 1992 |website=FAO|access-date=2 June 2018}}
4. ^{{cite journal |last=Bankole |first=Abiodun |last2=|first2=|last3=|first3= |date=2002 |title=The Nigerian Tourism Sector: Economic Contribution, Constraints, and Opportunities |journal= Journal of Hospitality Financial Management |url=https://scholarworks.umass.edu/jhfm/vol10/iss1/7/|volume=10|issue=1 |pages= |bibcode=|doi=}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://placng.org/wp/2017/10/senate-passes-the-nigerian-tourism-development-corporation-bill/|title=Senate Passes the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation Bill|date=19 October 2017|publisher=Policy and Legal Advocacy Center, Nigeria|accessdate=1 June 2018}}
6. ^{{cite news |last=Ojo|first=Demola |date=27 August 2017|title=NTDC Amendment: Funding, Standalone Tourism Ministry and other Matters |url=https://www.pressreader.com/nigeria/thisday/20170827/281706909811969|work=This Day |access-date=2 June 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/04/08/folarin-coker-returns-as-ntdc-boss/|title=Folarin-Coker Returns as NTDC Boss|date=8 April 2017|publisher=This Day|accessdate=1 June 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://dailypost.ng/2017/04/01/presidency-confirms-folorunsho-coker-dg-ntdc-adedayo-thomas-dg-nfvcb/|title=Presidency confirms Folorunsho Coker as DG NTDC, Adedayo Thomas as DG NFVCB|date=1 April 2017|publisher= Daily Post|accessdate=1 June 2018}}

History

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