Culture and Tourism

Known for its rich cultural heritage, Yobe State offers visitors fascinating scenery and colorful activities to behold, souvenirs to cherish, and the happy memories of its hospitable and accommodating people to take away and treasure for a long time. Tourism in the state is based primarily on its natural resources, impressive history, rich traditions, and cultural heritage of the people. In the state are found sceneries of poetic beauty in the hilly south and historic monuments representing the past grandeur of the Kanem Bornu Empire in the north. The state’s cultural patterns are epitomized in her dances, Arts, Crafts, Dressing, and even the menu.

Yobe state tourism industry is growing tremendously, and Yobe itself is endowed with abundant tourist attraction sites, numerous cultural festivals, and traditional sports, which are being systematically developed for maximum impact on economic growth, poverty reduction, and increased employment opportunities.

The government’s overall policy objective in this sector is the creation of an investor-friendly environment anchored on the principle of public-private partnership through the provision of robust tourism and hospitality infrastructures including road networks across the state, hotels, eateries, and other modern recreational facilities.

Tourism anywhere in the world is a good spinner. Mindful of the revenue-yielding potentials of this sector, the current administration has designed the groundwork for the effective exploitation, improvement, promotion, and regulation of tourism businesses in Yobe state.

The following tourist site exists in Yobe State:

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The government’s current policy thrust is to provide incentives to local and foreign investors to provide excellent tourism and hospitality infrastructure. The government will be keen to support private investment in the development of holiday resorts and five-star hotels.
Government is open to discussions on the development of new, and management of the existing Like Tilla, Yobe state Museum, and the Zoological Garden.

Specific Investment Opportunities include:

Availability of about 100ha of land available for the development of an international standard Horse/camel racing arena.

About 100ha of land available for the development of an international standard Golf Course with a 5-star Hotel available for potential investors.

Premium land along the Lake Chad basin is available for luxury vacation villas and condominiums.

Over 3,000ha of free land for Tourism Development is available in the state.

Existence of the Komadugu Gana River and River Ngada with the potential for an Independent Power Project to power the entire northeast geopolitical zone.

Easy accessibility by Road and Air from the Federal Capital Abuja and other northern States.

Huge investment Opportunities also exist in the Arts and Crafts.

There are many opportunities for the development of Night and Day Zoo, Theme Parks, hotels and Restaurants, Cinemas, and Holiday Villas in the state.

Potential investors will benefit from the following incentives and Government Support:

• Government to provide Land and Basic Infrastructure.
• Tax Holidays.
• Up to 100% foreign ownership.
• Improved infrastructure with a proposed plan to link the tourist zones with the city and the Airport by metro line.
• Government’s initiative to establish Police and Army outposts in the zone to increase security.
• Provide an enabling environment for Private sector investment in Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality.