The duo of Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director-General of the National Council for Art and Culture and Chief Folorunsho Coker, Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority (NTDA), have been honoured by the Nigeria Association of Tour Operators (NATOP).
Runsewe received the Tourism Pioneer Award for promoting culture and tourism in Nigeria, while Coker was named as the Outstanding Tourism Personality of the Year for his contribution to tourism development in Nigeria.
Receiving his award, through his representative, Runsewe promised to continue to do his best to move the culture sector forward. Coker, on the other hand, acknowledged the professional and focused leadership provided by NATOP, while stating that he will continue to support through the provision of cutting-edge technology, machine learning and the use of artificial intelligence to help boost Small and Medium Scale Enterprises which the majority of NATOP members represent. He added that his agency has partnered with Google on the Google Street View project, a tool that will be indispensable for tour operators. And a Hackathon project is on stream where useful software is being put together by tech-savvy professionals for the use of the tourism industry. He also promised to end the terrible menace of quackery in the tourism sector.
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