Barely a few weeks after its successful 49th non elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) in lagos, the leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies and its members across Nigeria, will head out to Banjul, Gambia for critical training on travel trade and refresher courses on other related concerns.

President of Nanta, Mr Yinka Folami, who is leading the team, had stated during the lagos confab that the members of the association must take advantage of training opportunities and exposure to help them navigate through the ever demanding and dynamic nature of travel trade business and related concerns not just as expected of serious trade professionals but also to generate other streams of income to keep ahead of competition.

” Our Banjul training expedition is not a jamboree but our strategic growth plan for our members, which began two years ago and given breath by our immediate past president, Mrs Susan Akporiaye who inaugurated the first training exposure with university of Johannesburg in collaboration with South Africa Tourism and Ghana Tour Operators Association. So, the Banjul training exposure is to deepen that process, open doors of many untapped opportunities for our members, particularly on the various value chain of intra Africa travel and tourism which again, nanta headlined in recent times,” nanta president stated further

Folami whose leadership took nanta back to the protective umbrella of United Federation of Travel Agencies Association ( Uftaa), the global industry trade body, stressed that nanta members must make continuous training and retraining expectations as key pillar of their survival and growth, adding that the association has never considered acts of frivolities and wasteful lifestyle as part of its strategic growth development plan and would always take steps that would benefit the rank and file of the association.

” From the response so far, our Banjul , Gambia training and related industry exposure, will be bigger than what we did last two years. We have our best hands managing it for us and from the reports on my table, it will be sad if any member or businesses registered as our member fail to attend this outing slated for the last week of May, 2025. Our faculty team is ready, and as we have always done, it will be an opportunity to market Nigeria tourism and also showcase our collaborative strength and reach within the trade circles in Africa and the world in general. So those who are yet to register should reach out to the secretariat before the closing date in the next two weeks.” Mr Yinka Folami explained.