Tourism Means Hard Work
Abridged version from the piece posted by the Daily Sun - Voice of The Nation (Barbados)
This week’s Travels aim at throwing up possibilities of practical and affordable trips or arm-chair travel. Better still, the reader can have both. But, much as we want to encourage travels, we personally think domestic tourism would really help the local hospitality industry.
This is the reason, we commend Prince Femi Oluwasina and Mr. Ikechi Uko, who while pursuing their travel businesses, also appreciate the importance of “not only taking Nigerians abroad, but also working to ensure that foreigners come our way too.” Of course, there are other stakeholders like Oluwasina and Uko but we can only accommodate this duo in this piece.
Believe it or not, you too can take your spouse to Barbados. Prince Femi Oluwasina, CEO of the ever-growing travel and tour outfit, Jethro is concluding arrangements to take select participants to the Caribbean Island of Barbados: For a fee.
But, while today’s Travels hint at enjoying an unforgettable Valentine in some faraway land, those that cannot, for whatever reason, exploit this opportunity also have a choice in various domestic packages offered by Jethro Travels and Tours, Prince Femi Oluwasina’s outfit, which turns eight this year.
Eight years down the lane, Jethro is keen to lead in the attempt to re-engineer certain aspects of the tourism business. Oluwasina again: “Like most companies, Jethro also encountered teething problems at infancy, but through perseverance and resilience we overcame them and now, we’re surviving.”
If he hadn’t been doing better than just keeping his head above water, things shall be brighter for Jethro in the nearest future, for the man revealed that after discussions with Lagos State authorities, Jethro has been granted 65 hectares parcel of land for a proposed wildlife resort within the Lekki Free Zone. Calm and unassuming, the prince stressed that it all points in the direction of more, and more, work.
Tourism might be about leisure and hospitality, but it takes a lot of work to get where you’d rather be, he intoned.
