MEDIA personality, Nneka Isaac, has urged Nigerians to stop de-marketing their nation.
In a post on Instagram to mark this year’s World Tourism Day, Isaac called on Nigerians to always share positives about the country.
According to her, Nigeria is not unsafe as being portrayed.
Hear her: “In Rethinking Tourism, I would like to appeal to Nigerians generally, most especially tourism practitioners to stop demarketing this country!
“Each time some of us have an opportunity to speak in public, they unconsciously paint Nigeria bad; forgetting our beautiful heritage, culture and rich history, our contribution to global development in various areas of human endeavors, the natural endowment of this great country, the very creative resilient people of Naija.
“The indomitable spirit of the ordinary Nigerian is second to none. Not to mention the unstoppable discerning, smart-working Nigerian youths with guts and enough ideas to rule the continent!
“Look at what Nigeria is doing in the global music space, literature, film industry, technology, medical etc. Our country is not as unsafe as Mexico, USA with their gun-trottting youths!
People still visit Israel and Lebanon!!
“South Africa has continued to project and market their mosaic of cultures and colors rather than project the creepy shadows of their past history.
The Rwanda genocide history has been packaged for tourism and they are reaping the benefits of tourism arrivals.
“I know most Nigerians speak from their point of pain but, in so doing we end up demarketing Nigeria 🇳🇬
… thereby making it difficult for Nigerian Tour Operators to sell domestic and inbound tours to foreigners.
“So , I think Nigerians should discuss these negatives among themselves constructively.
Let’s minimize the the public outbursts about the negatives and our failed leadership!
Rather let us focus on the positives and the possibilities that we have within us as a people and the beautiful prospects tomorrow has to offer us and our children”.
