During the Door of Return ceremony 2019, in Badagry, Lagos State, 10 Diasporan Americans led by Dr Anderson, from the U.S.A, Puerto Rico, and Haiti graced the historical event.  The Badagry local government chairman; Hon Onilude paid a courtesy visit to the diasporan returnees. The annual event was organized by African Renaissance Foundation whose president, Hon. Babatunde Olaide - Mesewaku, is an author, astute promoter of tourism, and culture. The event was chaired by Hon. Abike Dabiri - Erewa; the Chair person, Nigeria Diaspora commission. The event was coordinated by Mr Peter Mesewaku, a dramatist, author and tourism officer and Dr. Olusola Smith, a university lecturer. The official tour organizer was the multiple award winning curator, historian, author, senior tour guide, culture and tourism promoter; Anago James Akeem Osho.  The group photograph was taken at the lounge of Fams Embassy and Suites. It was in the morning of the most important day of the event where the par...

I got a message from Mr Olemu, a freelance tour guide and high school teacher at Ibadan, Nigeria, and a member of the West African Tour Guide Association Nigeria Chapter. He wrote, "How do we revitalize tourism enterprises after covid-19?".  This is one important question on the mind of every tourism and hospitality practitioners from around the world and the answer in my opinion is not farfetched.  I doubt if there is anyone who don't know that there is an economic recession at the moment in every country. This untoward economic hur-rah affects both the rich and poor in it's character. Every country either big or small is affected and it will take a while for situations to return to normalcy. International travel may take longer to kick off as the aftermath of covid-19 will result to temporary stigmatization, reorganization and countries which used to enjoy large influx of tourists like Italy, France, etc. will record very low patronage from both local and interna...