The executive Governor of Cross
River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has reappointed Travel Expert Mr. Ikechi Uko as
the Consultant for the international aspect of the Carnival. This is in line
with the re-positioning of Carnival Calabar as the Number one event in
Africa.
Mr. Ikechi Uko the Team Leader of The TeamAfrica is also the Organiser
of Akwaaba African Travel Market. He was appointed last year by the Governor to
help birth the international version of the Carnival. 11 Countries participated
and it was deemed Successful. Based on the success of last year's event, the
Governor has reappointed Mr. Uko to grow the event in 2016 with a mandate to
bring more Countries to the biggest Street party in Africa.
The 2016 edition of the Carnival is expected to be bigger and better as last year's event was the first carnival organised by the Governor. The dates for the events are the Bikers day on the 27th of December over 10000 Bikers are expected to participate in the major Biking showpiece in West Africa.
The 2016 edition of the Carnival is expected to be bigger and better as last year's event was the first carnival organised by the Governor. The dates for the events are the Bikers day on the 27th of December over 10000 Bikers are expected to participate in the major Biking showpiece in West Africa.
The 28th of December is the Main
draw which is the Street Carnival. Last year's event had over 2.5million
visitors in the city for the Party. The international Carnival will hold on the
29th of December and is expected to grow bigger than last year's Maiden
edition. Already the Carnival Commission has inked an MoU with the Nigerian
Association of Tour Operators NATOP to promote this year's event globally
with 3 and 5 day packages for Tourists.
The Chairman of the Carnival
Commission Mr. Gabe Onah said that this arrangement with NATOP will complete
the product and make it available to more families to visit and enjoy the fun
pointing out Nickelodeon will be debuting this year at Tinapa to further excite
the children. Mr. Nkereuwem Onung the President of NATOP praised Carnival
Calabar for reaching out to Professionals to market the biggest Tourism product
in Nigeria to the world. He promised that NATOP members will soon launch
packages for people to sign on for this year's carnival.
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