2025 WTD: Oyo Partners WIHN To Promote, Revive Cultural Heritage

Oyo State authorities has announced collaboration with the state’s section of Women In Hospitality Nigeria (WIHN) to observe the 2025 World Tourism Day (WTD), with the purpose to beforehand and revive the taste practice crossed the state.

Speaking astatine the 2025 World Tourism Day held astatine the National Museum of Unity, Aleshinloye, Ibadan, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun explained that tourism had go a cardinal pillar of the State’s taste revival and sustainability drive.

Olatunbosun highlighted the government’s achievements successful enactment with Governor Seyi Makinde’s Omituntun 2.0 Roadmap for Sustainable Development.

He said, “Oyo State contiguous is the astir progressive successful taste promotion successful the full South-West. We person revived festivals that were erstwhile astatine the brink of extinction, and radical are present arrogant to place with our heritage”, Olatunbosun said.

The commissioner noted that successful December 2023, UNESCO officially recognised and listed the Sango Festival successful Oyo arsenic a satellite intangible taste festival.

He called connected individuals, associations, and firm organisations to spouse with the authorities successful sustaining taste initiatives, stressing that “the authorities cannot bash it alone.”

The Regional Director of WIHN successful the State, Mrs. Oluwakemi Olusola, expressed gratitude to the authorities authorities for its enactment adjacent with the motorboat of the section little than 2 months ago.

Olusola added that the collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has already strengthened the association’s visibility and credibility.

“The taxable of this year’s World Tourism Day is Tourism and Sustainable Transformation. This concern means a batch to america arsenic women making an interaction successful the hospitality and tourism industry.

“Together, we are gathering not conscionable an association, but a assemblage of beardown women who person a dependable successful shaping the aboriginal of tourism”, Olusola said.

Also speaking, the Curator of the National Museum of Unity, Mrs. Pamela Oriyomi Otuka, described the solemnisation arsenic “historic,” stressing that women, culture, and hospitality were captious to Nigeria’s sustainable tourism future.

“Hospitality is astir invited and quality connection, and women are astatine the bosom of it. As we observe World Tourism Day 2025, fto america perpetrate to championing women arsenic leaders successful tourism, embedding sustainability successful each festival, and preserving our taste practice for generations to come,” helium said.

Other cardinal panelists astatine the lawsuit see Mrs Pamela Oriyomi Otuka, Mrs Olanike Mustapha and Mrs Jumoke Olowowaste, each who stressed the commitments to deepen collaboration betwixt government, taste institutions, and backstage stakeholders successful ensuring that Oyo State remains astatine the forefront of taste preservation and sustainable tourism in Nigeria.