NIHOTOUR Makurdi

The emergence of Tourism phenomenon as a viable path to socio-economic development led to a fundamental paradigm shift towards service economy worldwide.  On realization that Nigeria has all it takes to develop Tourism, given her rich natural and cultural resources, there has been expressed desire and wish to sustain the industry through Institutional capacity building. Therefore, for sustainable tourism development to take place, the human capital which is the bedrock of the industry must be produced in quality, range and number consistent with international best practices.  It is against this background that NIHOTOUR was established in 1987, following a tripartite project agreement NIR/85/004 signed that year between the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) as part of a comprehensive approach to tourism development in the country. In view of this development, the Institute commenced its operations in Bagauda Lake Kano in 1988, as a mono campus.  A temporary facility was provided by the Kano State government in what used to be known as the Bagauda lake Hotel now the Bagauda Kano Campus of the Nigeria Law School. This apart, a large piece of land adjacent to this facility was graciously given to the Federal government by the Kano State government as permanent site of the Institute. This site that has now been fully built up is the North West Zonal Campus of the Institute, consequent upon the relocation of its headquarters to the Federal Capital territory Abuja.  NIHOTOUR has since metamorphosed into a multi campus Institutional structure with presence in all the six geo-political zones of the country