Oyo State to hold celebration in Iseyin

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September 22, 2016 10:31 AM

The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has chosen to celebrate this year's World Tourism Day in a new location.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi

The World Tourism Day 2016 will be celebrated on Tuesday, September 27, 2016.

The commissioner, Prince Toye Arulogun said that “The Governor of Oyo State, has taken a retrospective review of the manner and ways which past world tourism days had been celebrated in the state and has directed that this year’s event must not only be celebrated with a view of promoting an indigenous trade but also must be celebrated outside Ibadan.”

The commissioner says that Governor Ajimobi is tourism friendly and wants to take tourism to the masses and rural areas. This is done so as to make the inhabitants of rural areas feel the importance of the tourism sector.

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Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State and the largest West African state, is well known for tourist attractions such as the Agodi Gardens, Mapo Hall and Bowers Tower.

There are several well known areas in Oyo state that deserve the attention the capital city has been getting too.

Iseyin is an Oyo town that is known for skilled weavers of 'aso oke' fabric, beautiful handwoven clothes that are popular among the Yorubas. The celebration will be centered around the craft of this aso oke fabric.

The host of the event is the paramount ruler of Iseyin town, Oba Ganiyu Adekunle Salawu Ologunebi, Aseyin of Iseyin.

The theme of the World Tourism Day 2016 is 'Tourism for all- promoting universal accessibility'.

Arulogun also says of the event, “We are making a great departure from the past celebration. It is being branded in a carnival mode which will enabled the people of Iseyin to benefit from the ripples economic effect of the celebration.”

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