BLOG – Elizabeth Agboola

13 Apr 26

Tourism Is Powered by Women; But Leadership Still Does Not Reflect It

Across the global tourism industry, women are not a minority. They are the majority. They operate hotels, coordinate experiences, manage travel services, build cultural products, and sustain informal tourism economies across cities and communities. Tourism, in many ways, is already a women-powered industry. Yet when decisions are made around investment,…

06 Apr 26

Tourism Is the World’s Largest Employer; But Africa Is Not Benefiting Enough

Tourism is often described as a lifestyle industry. In reality, it is one of the largest employment systems in the global economy. Globally, tourism supports over 1 in 10 jobs. Across multiple economies, it is the fastest way to convert: culture into income • movement into employment • infrastructure into…

20 Jan 22

Elizabeth Agboola: Why Jamaica Should Be Your Next Immediate ‘Escape’

If Paul the Octopus had predicted a rollercoaster 2020 on the 1st of January, we would probably have laughed at him. After all, we had an amazing ‘Detty December’ in Nigeria and a phenomenal Year of Return in Ghana. We were truly hopeful for 2020 (the double 20 year) and…

20 Jan 22

How Nigerian Elizabeth Agboola is breaking down barriers in travel

Nigerians Travel Too, a premier travel agency in Nigeria, is breaking down barriers preventing Nigerians from traveling and becoming global citizens. Having travelled to over 50 countries across every habitable continent, the agency’s founder, Elizabeth Agboola, has a deep awareness of how travel can positively impact one’s life. So, to…

20 Jan 22

Connecting flights between Africa and the Caribbean will provide endless business opportunities

Four months after Barbados’ Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, made a clarion call at the inaugural Africa-CARICOM Summit for direct flights between the African continent and the Caribbean, the subject is back in the spotlight following another appeal by Jamaican artiste Popcaan, on January 5, 2022. It is a matter…

20 Jan 22

Jordan looks to Nigerian tourists

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is expanding its tourism offerings to Nigerian tourists to include leisure, education, wellness and other touristic activities. This is in addition to Christian and Islamic pilgrimages, which the country has already started receiving pilgrims from Nigeria. To achieve this, Jordan is holding a tri-state road-show…

20 Jan 22

JTB Partners Nigerians Travel Too to Woo Nigerian Tourists

Vanessa Obioha The Hashemite Kingdom, through the Jordan Travel Board (JTB), has entered into a partnership with tour operator, Nigerians Travel Too (NTT), to embark on a tri-state roadshow in Lagos, Kano, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Positioned to attract prospective travellers to the tourist destination through a series…

15 Jan 21

Jamaica embraces historic direct flight from Nigeria

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20210115/jamaica-embraces-historic-direct-flight-nigeria As a means of (re)connecting with descendants, and strengthening bilateral relations, Nigeria embarked on a historic chartered flight to Montego Bay, Jamaica, in December 2020. Living caught up with the mastermind behind the pioneering initiative, Elizabeth Agboola, the British-Nigerian founder of travel company, Nigerians Travel Too. She explained that it…