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Tourism Planning

The Lagos State Tourism Masterplan has recently been completed, linking and improving public and private institutions. It has ambitions that this will benefit Nigeria and West Africa as a whole, diversifying the economy from its dependence on oil.

Annual Events Calendar

For the first time, Lagos has published an annual events calendar for tourists, encompassing 70 state sponsored arts and culture programmes, from festivals to fashion, food, music and visual arts.

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Key Facts

  • Nigeria is home to 180 million people, 300 tribes and 500 languages and Lagos is a melting pot of those cultural traditions.
  • The city is at the centre of the most important film industry in Africa, Nollywood, which produces around 1,500 films each year.
  • A new institution, Lagos Museum, is being created as part of the redevelopment of the Onikan area of the city as a cultural hub.
  • A whole new urban district, Eko Atlantic City, is being built on land reclaimed from the sea

 

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