The 2004 World Tourism Day celebrations in Nigeria takes place in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Monday 27 September.
This year (2005), the State, which was chosen because of its emerging profile in the tourism industry, also plans to commission its five star Ibom Hotel and Resort, equipped with an 18-hole golf course.

The Akwa Ibom State Government has expressed its determination to organise a memorable Tourism Day fiesta. Information Commissioner, Mr Patrick Ekpotu said arrangements have been concluded for a hitch-free even this year.

The World Tourism Day, which was instituted in September 1979 by the Third Session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) in Spain, is celebrated every year on 27 September.