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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   Bayelsa partners with S-African province on tourism Wednesday, September 15, 2004 DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA — BAYELSA  State has commenced the process of establishing a partnership with Kwa-Zulu  Natal Province of South  Africa on tourism development. Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State said in Durban, South Africa that the process  started last week when he  met with the Premier of Kwa- Zulu Natal, Mr S’bu Ndebele. Alamieyeseigha also said that it would take a return  visit of Kwa-Zulu Natal officials to Bayelsa to finalise and work out  modalities for the actualisation  of the partnership. “This is the beginning of a new relationship and I  think we can cooperate in the area of tourism because there is no place in  Nigeria that can attract tourists  like Bayelsa’’, he said. He said that a boat ride round the state would reveal  that tourism potentials abound in Bayelsa. “With three types of water including fresh, blackish  and salt water which you can not find in any other place, Bayelsa is very  unique, has a fantastic  vegetation and therefore can be transformed into a tourist haven,’’ he said. “Of all the water mass in the country, Bayelsa alone  has one quarter. We have beautiful beaches and of  course our tourism  potential is evident,” he said. Alamieyeseigha, who described the sand beaches in  Bayelsa as second to none, explained that transforming  them into tourist  centres would not require dredging,  as there was direct access to the Atlantic Ocean. In terms of other economic activities, he said that  Bayesla could serve as a trade route using its waterways adding that there  was room for  more oil exploration activities. He said that with the state capital,Yenagoa, as the  fastest growing capital in Nigeria, Bayelsa was expected to learn from  developed port cities like  Durban so that Yenagoa could be transformed into a model city.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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