As part of the state’s strategic plan, the Enugu State Ministry of Culture and Tourism has committed to increasing the state’s Internally Generated Revenue from ₦4.4 billion to ₦30 billion each year.
The guarantee was given by the honorable commissioner for culture and tourism, Dame Ugochi Madueke, who also revealed that the ministry will shortly start identifying the more than 100 tourist attractions that are now in existence. This will be a crucial instrument in helping to position Enugu state as the top travel destination. According to her, this kind of growth will help the ministry address issues facing the locations, particularly those that are in rural areas.
In an interview with reporters at the State Secretariat in Enugu, Madueke stated that the implementation of a uniform e-ticketing system in tourism establishments will spur economic expansion and that e-ticketing will significantly lessen unethical behavior in the surrounding community.
She claimed that Enugu State is blessed with a wide variety of excellent tourism resources and that the state is fortunate in terms of tourism whether or not it has access to cutting-edge amenities.
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“One local government in Awgu alone has over six waterfalls and a lot of caves. We have the Akpugoeze Monkey Reservation, the Milky Hills, the Awhum Waterfalls, and the Ezeagu complex where we have the cold and hot water cave. We have the twin cave, we have some pockets of lakes there. We have the popular Nike Lake, we have the Adada River and in Ezeagu, Oha to be precise, we have Ebe Chukwu Biri, we have Ozala Lake and in the lake, we have both female and male crocodiles. Eziumo waterfall is an amazing place to behold.
After this, we will also have a compendium of the sites and tour guards would be attached to each of the sites to explain interesting details about the tourism sites to the guests”, she said.
On insecurity, the Commissioner stated that Enugu is safe as the ministry has inaugurated a local government seven-man tourism committee that will be in charge of protecting the tourist sites.
