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  Ikogosi warm spring swimming pool assists in relaxing muscles and increasing blood flow to injured areas. Patients who experience muscle spasms, back pain, arthritis and fibromyalgia find this aspect of Aquatic Therapy especially therapeutic.  Research suggested that the warm spring has a temperature of about 70 º C at the source and 37 º C at the confluence.   Another unique attribute of the spring is its popularly-acclaimed therapeutic efficacy. Many believe, although this largely still remains to be scientifically proven, that the water has some kind of therapy for the aching human body. It is therefore not unusual to see tourists and many other visitors collecting the spring into containers of various sizes, either carrying them on their heads or putting such in the booths of their vehicles as they head away. Quite a large volume of tourists to the Ikogosi Wonder take advantage of the large quantum of warm water pooled up for swimming purposes by the Resort. [https:...

The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji The Ataoja of Osogbo land, His Royal Majesty, Oba Jimoh, Oyetunji (Olaonipekun Larooye II) has announced dates for the activities lined up to mark the 2021 edition of the Osun Osogbo Festival; an over 600 year old international heritage cultural tourism event celebrated as the annual sacrifice to the Osun River Goddess. A statement released by the Managing Consultant to the Osun Osogbo Festival, Toye Arulogun, on Monday said that the Ataoja of Osogboland has announced that the two week long festival will commence on Monday the 2nd of August 2021 with the traditional cleansing of the town called ‘Iwopopo’, which is followed in three days by the lighting of the 500-year-old sixteen-point lamp called ‘Ina Olojumerindinlogun’. The statement further disclosed that Monday 9th August 2021 is scheduled for ‘Iboriade’, a unique assemblage and display of the crowns of the past Ataojas of Osogbo, for blessings, explaining that this event would be led by th...

"Otunba of the world" I fondly call this focused, strategic, brilliant and down to earth man.  Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN) needs the replica of how he completely reorganized Southwest FTAN - one that comes fully loaded with action to chat a great vision for the Federation making sure the younger generation stakeholders are given a chance to be involved. I'm not surprised anyway as he has over the years successfully handled Osun Oshogbo festival, ojude oba festival in Ijebu, olojo festival in ile-ife and many more across Nigeria. My first encounter with him was via the current SSA to tourism development in Ekiti-State (Amb. Wale Ojo Lanre) when the FTAN in Ekiti was to be birth after orientating the EXCO why the umbrella body of art, culture and tourism sector in Nigeria needs a direction, I fell in love with his ideals. He's a listener, a role model, a father figure, i'm in full support of your candidature, your capacity has what it takes t...

   Over two dozen staff from south west zone of the  Union Bank Nigeria toured around Ikogosi and  Ipole-Iloro Ekiti on 11th ,12th & 13th of December, 2020 for their annual team bonding/vacation. It was a great experience as other tourists and hikers from accross Nigeria joined the hike to the site of the first airplane crash site in Africa located in Ikogosi-Ekiti, a town in Ekiti State. The one hour hike from the Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort will never be termed an hyperbole as it was soul feeding; leaving the energized tourists as victims of palpable excitement and renewed commitment to humanity. This was evident in the clamour and observance of a  minute silence for the selfless pilot and soldiers who choose to rather crash in a thick forest than cause the extinction of a whole village. In addition, prayers were said for the souls of the casualties.  Mr. Adefemi Oluwatobi Oje, the tour guide, recounted the historic accounts passed onby Late Chief Ruf...

  Yoruba Tourism Club congratulates the Youth Tourism Development Organisation (YTDO) Lagos-State Chapter for sucessfully organising a 3 days event tagged “Beach Bootcamp/Hangout” converging 50 tourism stakeholders accross 11 states in Nigeria at ibeshe private beach.  In a press statement by the Vice-President of the tourism club, Princess Adeyemi Adedoja, it was advised this type of event should be organised more often at different locations to constantly re-orientate the stakeholders in the sector, to network more and make the domestic tourim sector grow saying if we don't appreciate oursleves who will? and stating "domesic tourism attracts international tourists. Signed Princess Adeyemi Adedoja Vice President Yoruba Tourim Club.

FTAN LANDS IN EKITI-STATE The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) is the Umbrella body that represents all the private sector in the Tourism and related industry in Nigeria. The Association was established in 1997 by the then Federal Ministry of Commerce and Tourism to facilitate liaison between Government agencies and the organized private sector in the Nigeria's Tourism industry. The Ekiti-State chapter executive inauguration meeting which was held on 27 July 2020 at the temporary state secretariat, Fabian Country Home Hotel, Ado Ekiti was anchored by the FTAN southwest vice chairman Otunba Ayo Olumoko, who encouraged the new Ekiti-State executive members to be dedicated, hopeful and put their ideas into action for the transformation of the tourism industry in Ekiti-State. Otunba Olumoko noted that tourism organizations and practitioners in Ekiti-State should continue to be friendly with government agencies. He continued that as every tourism entr...

Tourism Day was established by The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to promote sustainable, responsible, and universally accessible tourism. Tourism benefits both the tourist and the locations that they visit, and is one of the major drivers of economic growth. To this end they’ve put together the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, to help increase the benefits of tourism while minimizing its impact and protected the people, cultures, and environments of the locations people go to visit and experience. World Tourism Day takes place each year on 27 September. The theme for 2019 is “Tourism and jobs” A better future for all. Yoruba Tourism Club has unveil plans to commemorate the world tourism day in Ekiti 28th September 2019 with a one day event tagged ‘eXploring Ekiti series 1.0’ In an official statement made by the president Ogbeni Jide Fajuyi to African Development Magazine, he noted that purpose of tourism day is to raise awareness on the role of tour...