Organizers of Akwaaba African Travel Market in collaboration with ATQ News, Africa’s foremost online travel news portal, have announced that the Africa Top 100 Tour Operators awards and recognition will take place during the 14th edition of the annual travel show and exhibition which will hold from the 9th to 11th September 2018 at the Eko Hotel and Suites Lagos.

Speaking about the awards, the Founding member of the #TeamAfrica, Mr. Ikechi Uko, who is also the Organiser of Akwaaba African Travel Market expressed his excitement about the awards as he also shed light on the award for the Africa Top 100 Tour Operators.

“Our vision is to stimulate Intra Africa Tourism. We need to get at least 10% of Africans to travel within Africa. This can only work with the support of Tour Operators.

We are going a step further this year to recognize and celebrate the core professional outbound Tour Operators who are at the fore of attracting and moving Africans outside their own countries to explore the abundance of the beauties of our Africa" he said.

Nominations for the awards are ONLY for tour operators who do outbound tours to other African countries and should be sent toatqnewsawards@gmail.com before the 23rd of July 2018.

The 14th Akwaaba ATM will also host Africa Tour Operators Conference during which “The Role of DMCs and DMOs in Sustainable Destination Marketing in Africa will be discussed.

The 2018 Akwaaba African Travel Market travel show and exhibition will hold from the 9th to 11th September 2018 at the Eko Hotel and Suites Lagos, Nigeria.