Veteran actor, Sam Dede says over 500, 000 visitors expected at the Port Harcourt Carnival 2014

L-R: Carnival route procession coordinator, Mr. Dienbofa Ere; DG/CEO, Rivers State Tourism Development Agency, RSTDA, Dr. Sam Dede and Board Chairman, Rivers State Tourism Development Agency, Deacon Vincent Erinwo, at the media launch of Carniriv: the Port Harcourt Carnival 2014, at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Port Harcourt, Rivers State...recently.

An estimated number of over Five Hundred Thousand carnival lovers and participants are expected in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for the 2014 edition of Carniriv, the Port Harcourt Carnival, making it the biggest carnival brands in Africa.

Speaking at an interactive session with journalists in Port Harcourt, during the week, Director General of the Rivers State Tourism Development Agency and veteran actor, Dr. Sam Dede announced that the 2014 edition of the carnival, set to hold from 14^th to 20^th December, will outstrip other carnivals both in scope and size with participants and tourists drawn from Europe, Americas and the Caribbean joining their African counterparts for the one-week fiesta.