Joesef Karim

Joesef Karim

Joesef Karim is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Nigeria Travel Digest - an online magazine that started in September 2012. 

Joesef Karim is a graduate of Tourism Management and has an MBA in Marketing. Mr. Karim is an Africa travel specialist and a tourism business consultant. He has been a leading Nigeria tourism stakeholder for over two decades, and is on the Board of some travel and tourism companies in Nigeria.

Joesef is a certified advertising practitioner (APCON) in Nigeria, whose specialty include strategy conceptualization, communication planning, advert scripting, copy writing, and media buying management. 

In April 2013, Joesef authored a book: "Travel & Tour Operations in Nigeria". The book has since been adopted as a course material by some tourism departments in Polytechnics and Universities across Nigeria. Additionally, every quarter, he provides hands-on trainings on 'Tour Packaging & Sales Strategy' for travel agencies in Nigeria. 

Presently, Joesef is the Public Relations Officer of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) - the umbrella body of the organized private sector in Nigeria's tourism and hospitality industry. 

Good day to you all,

 

The Hon. Minister of Information Culture and Tourism

Members of the National Assembly here present

Directors General of all parastatals under the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

Chairman BOT and other Members of BOT

Outgoing and other past Presidents of FTAN

Chairman and Members of our Electoral Committee

FTAN Council Members

Members of the Press

Invited Guest, Ladies and Gentlemen

 

I am inexplicably humbled and honoured to speak on behalf of all the new FTAN Exco members. We are deeply appreciative of the confidence you reposed on us, individually and collectively, by giving us the opportunity of serving FTAN member associations and our entire commonwealth. 

Without belittling anyone in this FTAN family, we appreciate you all, especially all other aspirants in this contest for FTAN Exco membership; we are thankful to you. You were gallant in your aspirations, and humanely magnanimous in receiving the final victorious outcome. 

The newly elected FTAN President, Alhaji Saleh Rabo at the 20th Annual General Meeting and Elections held at Nanet Suites Abuja, on June 29th 2017, said FTAN would engage the  federal government to fully integrate templates that will facilitate domestic and inbound tourism development in Nigeria’s Ease of Doing Business programme.

He also remarked that under his leadership, FTAN will regularly liaise with Nigeria federal government and the Nigeria Immigration Service to implement Visa-on-Arrival policy, to make tourist destinations more accessible to foreign leisure and business tourists.

Alhaji Rabo expressed his commitment to facilitate a robust tourism plan for Nigeria, based on the principles of Sustainable Tourism development that will lead to more accessible tourist destinations, enrichment of visitors’ facilities and establishment of unique Nigeria tourist products. 

ABUJA May 3 (Reuters) - Nigeria has appointed advisers to help it set up a national airline and develop its aviation infrastructure -- currently seen as a barrier to economic growth -- to create a hub for West Africa, junior aviation minister Hadi Sirika said on Wednesday.

Sirika said a group of six firms including German carrier Lufthansa would advise the government on setting up an airline, an aviation leasing company and a maintenance hanger, and on creating concessions to run the country's airports.

A cabinet meeting on Wednesday chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had approved 1.52 billion naira ($4.99 million) of funding for the project, he added.

In most gatherings of experts in the travel & hospitality industry, tourism as a tool in diversifying the Nigerian economy has received the most attention and provoked lots of intellectual comments. This is not surprising at all considering the huge potential that this particular sector possesses. In most developed and developing countries, tourism has enriched the economies of these countries thus becoming one of the major sources of income and a pillar of commerce. The decision to grow tourism into a consistent and sustainable means of income by these countries and to make it appealing to inbound and outbound tourists was not arbitrary, but rather deliberate and planned. Without a doubt, other countries like Nigeria are amazed to see the attendant economic implications this sector has birth. 

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday dissolved the board of directors of Ikeja Hotels Plc and ordered a forensic investigation into the affairs of the hospitality and tourism company. Chief Anthony Idigbe (SAN) is the interim chairman.

The apex capital market regulator said it sacked the board due to unresolved internal crisis involving some majority shareholders of Ikeja Hotels Plc, in apparent reference to the squabbles within the Ibru family, which holds the largest shareholdings in the company.

The euphoria that greeted the victory of Anthony Olufemi Olaseni Joshua over Wladimir Klitschko in the world heavyweight title fight at Wembley Stadium, England continued yesterday in Sagamu, his Ogun State ancestral home.
Large banners adorned the house of his great-grandfather, Prince Daniel Adebambo Joshua, at Ijoku in the heart of the city.
There is a big picture of the boxer. Besides it are the British flag and the green-white-green Nigerian flag. There were banners also at the Ita Oba  Park where a viewing centre, which had over 2000 fans, was put up for the Saturday night fight.

Friday, 21 April 2017 00:00

Know Your Rights as an Airline Passenger

Airlines have a lot of leeway when it comes to denying passengers entry onto an aircraft. The recent incident on the United Airlines' Sunday flight to Louisville was a dramatic example of how far an airline can carry a situation once it decides to act.

But passengers do have some rights when they find themselves bumped off a flight—particularly if the removal stems from the airline's own overbooking practices. While United now says that Sunday's Chicago-St. Louis flight was not actually overbooked, overbooking of flights is increasing, says Henrik Zillmer, CEO of passenger assistance site AirHelp.com. "There will be much more of this in the future, so people really need to know what to do and what they're entitled to," Zillmer says. 

After years of inactivity and failed attempts. Nigeria's foremost Argungu Fishing Festival is set to held in March 2018! Argungu is one of the most glamorous fishing festivals in Africa. However, hosting the festival annually had been a challenge. It is on record that promises had been made in the past by Kebbi State Government officials to host the iconic festival, yet the promises were not kept. 

The Argungu fishing festival in its very first edition began in the year 1934, as a mark of the end of the centuries-old hostility between the Sokoto Caliphate and the Kebbi Kingdom. Alhaji Samaila Mera, the Emir of Argungu on Sunday said the popular Argungu Fishing and Cultural Festival would hold in March 2018 and feature polo as one of its events. 

Friday, 21 April 2017 00:00

Unbeatable Flight Booking Tips

Wondering why you never manage to bag a flight for quite as cheap as the next guy? Pining for a summer getaway but really need to keep the cost down? Then this list of 9 mistakes that the average buyer makes when booking flights is sure to help.

1. You're Only Checking One Airline

In the days of flight-aggregating websites and airfare-prediction apps, travelers no longer need limit themselves to the prices of just one carrier. So if you’ve always flown Airline X because you think they have the cheapest flights, check again! A new route may have opened up or an airline may have dropped its prices due to competition. Always comparison-shop before you hit that purchase button. 

The Cross River State government has announced its partnership with the North West Province of South Africa to develop agriculture and tourism sectors.
 Governor Ben Ayade disclosed this yesterday in Calabar, while addressing the Mafikeng delegation that was in the state for a three-day working visit.
 He explained that the partnership would also include the implementation of the recommendations on mass production of yellow maize and livestock farming, particularly poultry.

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