NIHOTOUR Celebrates 2021 World Tourism Day with Skills Acquisition Programmes for Youths, Women in Kebbi

NIHOTOUR Celebrates 2021 World Tourism Day with Skills Acquisition Programmes for Youths, Women in Kebbi

By Segun Awofadeji

In continuation of its vocational skill acquisition training of youths and women across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria, the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) has concluded arrangements to impact knowledge-based tour guiding skills on youths and women in Kebbi State to mark the 2021 World Tourism Day celebration in Kebbi State.

The Director-General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa, noted that in line with the theme of the 2021 World Tourism Day: ‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth, NIHOTOUR is poised to make the celebration a grand cultural event that would impart positively on the socio-economic lives of the people of the state.

According to a statement signed by the Director, Media and Public Relations of NIHOTOUR, Ahmed Mohammed Sule, which was made available to THISDAY, the events slated for the annual programme are meant to highlight Nigeria’s rich cultural and sport tourism endowments.

“Argungu Emirate is known as the flagship of Nigeria’s cultural and sport destination because of its prestigious International Argungu Fishing and Cultural Festival, the training of the youths of the state in tour guiding will empower them to partake in the promotional activities of tourism in the state, thus providing them with skills for gainful self-employment,” he stated.

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) had stated that the choice of this year’s theme: ‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth’, was informed by the need to focus attention on people -centred tourism engagements and to ensure that in celebrating the World Tourism Day 2021, no one is left behind as the world begins to open up for robust tourism activities that was abruptly interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to available information from the Travel Tourism Department of NIHOTOUR, the tour-guiding exercise tagged: ‘Tour Guiding Operations for Women and Youths in Kebbi State’, is billed to commence from Saturday 25th September 25 to 28, 2021, and will put participants through the rudiments of tour guiding in view of the large number of tourists that troops into the tourism-endowed state for the various sports and socio-cultural events annually.

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