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The Chinese tourists, and Nigerian Culture By Anago-Osho

It amazing for me to witness the growing interest of Chinese tourists in Nigerian culture. This highlights the increasing global relationship and curiosity about different cultures especially Nigerian culture. Everyone, especially the government can use this growing interests to it's advantage pragmatically by developing tourism and use it as a mechanism to change the narratives about Nigeria. The Chinese tourists are interested in Nigerian traditions. And they engage with Nigerian culture basically through visits to historical sites, and privately organized cultural events. They are interested in festivals but the time of their visits are often not during festival period but on few occasions have coincided with a festival. The uniqueness and diversity of Nigerian culture attract the international tourists to Nigeria and the Chinese are not deterred from visiting Nigeria. Nothing interest the Chinese tourists more than culture and history. When they visit, they are not interested i...