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Nigeria Tourism Week encourages tourism practitioners like Anago James Osho

The nomination news came to Anago Osho when someone called him that he has been nominated in the tourism award ceremony coming up in Nigeria. To him, it means that someone or some people have been noticing the hard work of him and other awardees. This won't be his first award but the organizers are very credible and professional in their field.

The Nigerian tourism week scheduled for November is not just a boost for tourism in the country but also an encouragement for the professionals in the industry.

Anago James Osho was nominated in the Nigeria Tourism Week coming up in November, 2017, as the best 'TOUR GUIDE'. For Anago James Osho to win, everyone can vote for him online www.nigeriatourismawards.com/vote

Omotola Itayemi commented that the NTW targets about 20 million domestic travelers in Nigeria within five years.

The tourism and hospitality business in Nigeria is growing despite it's challenges. It is not what it used to be when Anago Osho Tourism Adventures began the professional journey in 1999. the path has been undulating but it is important to acknowledge it is also developing.

The advent of young people's involvement simply means that the industry is developing. Everyone should support the move of the organizations that collaborated to achieve the dream of Nigeria tourism week: Avantgarde Tours Limited, Afro Tourism West Africa Limited and Rewards Travels and Tours Limited.

According to the M.D of Avantgarde Tours Limited, Efetobo Awhana, who is also the CEO of Nigeria Tourism Week ‘‘is a multi – day tourism event platform that aims to drive the Nigeria tourism sector by bringing together buyers, consumers, travel technologies, tourism/travel service providers and the media to network, review and discuss the development of tourism in Nigeria.’’

 Below are some action pictures of Anago James Osho during his adventure tours as a Tour Guide.
Anago James Osho,  Muyiwa Oladipo, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ogun State, and Dr Lisa Aubrey during the drum festival in Abeokuta
Anago James Osho, Tour guiding the Ooni of Ife and other chiefs in Badagry, in 2016.
Anago James Akeem Osho as a Tour Guide in 1999




Anago James Osho desmonstrating as a slave in the Seriki Abass Brazilian Barracoon Badagry












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