Reactions greeted yesterday's announcement of Otunba Wanle Akinboboye's first 52 tourism products.
Overwhelmed with calls from several quarters, local and international, government and private sectors, the tourism icon elaborated more on DNERP as a tourism product, giving answers to some of the most pertinent questions thrown at his feet in the course of several communications within the few hours of release.
One of such questions being, how is how DNERP going to awaken the country's economy?
"DNERP's potential for attracting foreign inflow into the country, is a great empowerment opportunity for those working and earning income from the tourism industry," replied Akinboboye.
"The beauty of this is that it is a win-win for Nigerians at home and Nigerians in Diaspora.
"While it offers Nigerians in Diaspora and their friends an opportunity to contribute their own quota by visiting Nigeria for three days and two nights with a payment of $1000 apiece, which comes with a first class entertainment in form of dance, drama, poetry, authentic African music, cuisines and night clubbing.
"The money paid grows the GDP and locals also find an earning power."
But more importantly, some callers from the Diaspora were also interested not just in catching of fun, but asked about opportunities for possible investment for themselves.
In reply to this, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye said:
"Apart from the leisure and entertainment package, there is also the business plan where Diaspora Nigerians, who are interested in doing business at home, can become distributors and part owners in companies and businesses with good rate of returns on investment.
“Tourists are most likely to spend between two to four weeks, thereby resulting into additional expenditure of about $4,000 on travels, family and sundry expenses. A corresponding $2 billion injection into the Nigerian economy,” Akinboboye added.
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