09 Sep 1# Tinapa

Initially referred to as a ‘white elephant project’, Tinapa seems to be gaining grounds as a world resort centre. The free trade zone is Nigeria’s first integrated business and leisure resort with world class facilities. Open to retailers and wholesalers alike, visitors can explore a whole range of activities. It has an open exhibition area for trade exhibitions and other events, a movie production studio – ‘Studio Tinapa’ or ‘Nollywood’, an entertainment strip housing a casino, an Eight-Screen Cinema, a children’s arcade, restaurants and a mini amphitheater, a night club and pubs. Situated by the Calabar River, Tinapa is a business and leisure in a four-phased development promoted by the Government of Cross River State, under a Private Public Partnership (PPP). It has been described as a ‘zone that emphasizes a lifestyle that signifies the increasing wealth and spending power of the country’s people.