Nigeria generated 97% of its tourism revenue from domestic travel in 2016 while foreign travel accounted for 3% during the year in view, the Nigerian hospitality report 2017 launched by Jumia Travel, has said.
Kushal Dutta, MD of Jumia Travel Nigeria ,who stated this while assessing the content of this year’s report at a press conference in Lagos,also said despite the security challenges in the country and the fall in dollar exchange rate, a lot of Nigerians preferred to travel within the country to spend their holidays at exciting tourist destinations.
“We have captured relevant data on the percentage of online booking over offline; most used tool for hotel searches; most preferred payment method; average price of hotels from highest to lowest demand in cities; percentage of hotel bookings by star ratings, as well as percentage of hotel bookings by amenities,” Dutta said.
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Credit: All Africa