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Saturday 30 June 2012

African Tourism Ministers call for a common visa regime

To shore up its performance in global tourism and encourage intra-travel in the region, African tourism ministers have called for a common visa regime.

They made the call at the 53rd United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Commission for Africa (CAF) conference which held in Calabar, Cross River this week.

Common visa regime; se o possible? Se o necessary?

21 comments:

Ebukah Emmanuel Nzeji said...

No comment :-x

La congolaise said...

I think it's a good idea, a bit like the schengen area but before it, pliz heal and get mother Africa rid of all those pathological killers,

Anonymous said...

pathological killers? more like serial killers

but sha all na food for d boys - some people's pockets wl be soo deep

Anonymous said...

Very good idea.they just need to strengthen security. I see my tourism minister Hon. Najib Balala.

Anonymous said...

All I know is keep those animalistic islamic destroyers in their neck of the woods. Those bastards just made it totally hard for true muslims with muslim names to get visa to anywhere in the world aside from countries that committ terrorist acts

Anonymous said...

I fink it's a gud idea. It'll make traveling within africa a lot easier n nt nid a visa. It'll jst b lyk avn d Ecowas passport.

Anonymous said...

NYC-1 says: You don't give what you don't have. People are afraid of visiting Nigeria bcos of increase in violence and kidnapping. Countries like Ghana and South Africa will shun the idea bcos they have left Nigeria behind. The average man in Nigeria NEEDS FOOD not tourism. Has the govt forgotten Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs? Nigeria is still crawling even at 51, so stop talking of tourism when there is nothing attractive in your domain.

Ulom said...

I'm not going to say its not possibe or its possible. All I go talk na say "waiting......

Anonymous said...

End time coming. One currency...one visa . Hmmmm

hally said...

Truly...the end time is here. Common visa,very soon it would be one goverment system...issoria

madetycoon said...

Naa, not a good idea. Might be good 4 business but Africans hate people invading their space.

Anonymous said...

one word nonsense

Anonymous said...

Balala is no longer Kenya's minister for tourism. It is Danson Mwazo. Linda put up an archive picture of a past event.

Anonymous said...

This is the usual cheap talk one hears whenever politicians meet.

The technocrats who really know how to weigh the pros and cons will tell anyone who cares to listen that a common visa is not a viable option for the continent at the moment.

Each African country has its own internal problems to square out before we can even think of having a common visa. National security prevails over all this talk of African unity.

Anonymous said...

Gud idea I must say!!!!!!!!!!!! Zina GH

candy lips said...

this are the end times the anti-christ is here

Anonymous said...

Calabar festival was nominated in the "Best Government Event of the year" category for The Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2012.
That's not the end of the story....:)
Carnival Calabar was also nominated. In the "Best Marketing Campaign for an Event" category.

So why this broadcast?
Online voting is on and your vote will ensure we grab these awards.

So what are you waiting for?
Visit www.go2gurl.com/tnea/vote.php and vote for Calabar Festival and Carnival Calabar in the two categories earlier mentioned.

sakara said...

anonsJune 30, 2012 3:57 PM, u need to get ur facts right, there's n othing so speical n Ghana for them to have left us behind, d capital of Ghana which is Accra is nothing b ut a mini lagos that cannot be compared to Abuja which is capital of Nigeria, Yes they have electricity but there's no house n Ghana that does not have a giant generator mounted in their compounds except for d poor that cannot afford to have, try to have an appt inside Accra - remember to take ur mat to sleep n d traffic and have lunch there - so I need u to explain to me how Ghana is ahead of Naija or is it because obama visited them? i begi

If u r talking about SA, yes I agree with u, they r far and trust me, they are n the world of their own, that country has gone far, naija can never even meet them.

http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/08/zimbabwe-ghana-congo-nicaragua-business-worst-economies_slide.htm

Anonymous said...

Calabar festival was nominated in the "Best Government Event of the year" category for The Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2012.
That's not the end of the story....:)
Carnival Calabar was also nominated. In the "Best Marketing Campaign for an Event" category.

So why this broadcast?
Online voting is on and your vote will ensure we grab these awards.

So what are you waiting for?
Visit www.go2gurl.com/tnea/vote.php and vote for Calabar Festival and Carnival Calabar in the two categories earlier mentioned.

SeunD said...

what does this have to do with end times. Nigerians have been brainwashed with stuff thats not even in the bible. how about like beginning times when you didn't need visa to travel. i should not need a visa to travel in africa. its ridiculous. thank God for Ecowas we would have been requiring passport to enter Ghana... this is very welcome even if it would not benefit nigerians since out tourism industry needs a a lot of work but maybe it would be motivation

Anonymous said...

If u don't like tourism,others do! Ds isn't abt Nigeria bt Africa. Boko haram hz bcome part of Nigeria fyn bt it is left for tourists to choose their destination. We all claim we aint growin at 51,hw do u expect us to grow wtout all ds things coming to reality? Mind u,it is JUST for tourism so to me,its a great idea. Slikky

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