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  FOCUS ON ANAMBRA STATE CULTURE AND TOURISM Anambra is a state in southeastern Nigeria . Its name is an anglicized version of the original 'Oma Mbala', the native name of the Anambra River . The capital and seat of government is Awka . Onitsha and Nnewi are the biggest commercial and industrial cities respectively. The state's theme is                                              "Light Of The Nation" Culture and tourism Agulu Lake Agulu Crocodile Lake is located along Awka road in Agulu, Aniocha Local Government Area of the state. A potential tourist site, it is home to an estimated three hundred crocodiles and water turtles. Fishing is not allowed on the lake and the crocodiles, being sacred animals to the people, cannot be killed. Legend says that these crocodiles were instrumental in delivering the town from enemy soldiers during the Nigerian civil war. It is believed that these sacred crocodiles and turtles transformed themselves int

British Airways launches longest long-haul flight to Santiago, Chile British Airways is launching the only direct flight between London and Santiago, Chile from January 3rd, 2017. Santiago will become the airline’s lengthiest long-haul route, taking 14 hours 40 minutes, nearly an hour more than the current longest flight of 13 hours 50 minutes service to Buenos Aires. The four-a-week flight will be served by the airline’s newest aircraft, the four-cabin Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, complete with a new First cabin. Santiago will be the latest destination in Latin America to join British Airways’ route network.  The airline recently launched new services to San Jose in Costa Rica and Lima in Peru. In addition, it also operates flight to Rio and Sao Paulo in Brazil and Buenos Aires in Argentina. Alex Cruz, chairman, British Airways said: “In recent years we have been increasing our services to South and Central America reflecting the area’s continued growth in both business and tour

An EgyptAir flight reported missing between Paris and Cairo has crashed, French President Francois Hollande confirmed. The Airbus A320 with 66 people on board disappeared from radar at 02:30 Cairo time (00:30 GMT), soon after leaving Greek airspace. Greece's defence minister says Flight MS804 made "sharp turns" and plunged before dropping off the radar. A major search is under way in seas south of the Greek island of Karpathos. Greek and Egyptian armed forces are involved in the effort, and France has offered to send boats and planes. Mr Hollande said he was keeping an open mind about the cause of the crash. "We will draw conclusions when we have the truth about what happened," he said. "Whether it was an accident, or whether it was - and it's something that is on our minds - terrorism." There were 56 passengers - including three children - seven crew members and three security personnel on board. They included 30 Egyptians, 15 French ci

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Welcome To Hospitality, Travel And Tourism Central: EgyptAir says plane carrying 66 has disappeared fr... : EgyptAir says plane carrying. 66 has disappeared from radar Associated Press MAGGIE MICHAEL   27 minutes ago CAIRO (AP) — An Eg...