Rev. Fr. F. O. R. Onwudufor, Ph.D
Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe, Anambra State

Abstract
Tourism connotes a mobilization of people’s cultural and natural resources,
especially those aspects which make a people unique from other people, viz: what
distinguishes Africa and other Africans from other non Africa “or what
distinguishes a group of people (for example, ethnic group) from other groups. “To
mobilize such resources effectively, one must know what the resources are, where
they are located, what the objectives of mobilization are (or should be) and how best
to mobilize the resources in order to achieve these objectives” (Andah 1990: 116 –
119). In line with the above the present writer is proposing the development of a
Lake Region in Anambra State for tourism promotion. Tourism a major sector of
national and local economics in a fast growing and diversifying world economy
forms a veritable source of foreign exchange and facilitates international
cooperation as the world continues to shrink into a small global economy. There is
now a robust advancement in regional lake tourism market as part of coastal
destination aimed at economic growth and poverty reduction. There is today an
increase in global demand for African tourism products. It is time for Anambra state
of Nigeria to project its own tourism potential.