State intensifies tourism marketing

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala during the Chef's table luncheon at Hilton hotel which was hosted at the Hilton's Kitchen. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The government has renewed efforts to market itself to local travel industry players.

This as recent data shows the country’s tourist arrivals grew by 37 per cent in 2018 to cross the two million mark for the first time. There were 2,025,206 visitors in 2018 compared to 1,474,671 the previous year.