By Mashe Umaru Gwamna
The Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Nura Kangiwa has appealed to professional bodies in the tourism and hospitality industry to sanitize professional practices by
registering professionals in their folds and guard against the infiltration of quacks into the sector.
Kangiwa made the call when he received the elected executive members of the Nigeria Association of Tour Operators (NATOP), led by the National President, Ime Udo on a courtesy visit at the headquarters Institute
headquarters in Abuja recently.
He said it was about time people discard the erroneous impression that to practice in tourism and hospitality fields is simple and easy
without requiring formal training and thus, opened to all comers.
He noted that to practice in any of the professional arms of the industry, one does not only need formal training for a start, but there must be a continuous exercise to train and re-train so as to be adequately equipped with the requisite skills for competency and proficiency in professional conducts in line with best global practices.
He said NIHOTOUR is readily available to offer quality training services to all practicing and intending members of the public in all tourism and hospitality trades.
Speaking earlier, leader of the delegation and National President of NATOP, Ime Udo, said they were at the Institute to pay solidarity visit on the Director General with the view to exploring possible ways of synergy in the area of manpower training and capacity development of its members.
