Managing tourism for socio-economic development in Nigerian Local Government: A case study of Idanre Local Government

Abstract

This study examined the management of tourism in socioeconomic development in Nigerian local government using Idanre local government as a case study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 120 staffs of Idanre Local Government. In all a total of one hundred and twenty respondents constitute the population. This research revealed that there is a significant relationship between tourism and socioeconomic development (χ 2 = 80.471, N= 120, p < 0.05); there is significant relationship between the level of revenue derived from tourism and socioeconomic development (χ 2 = 105.882, N= 120, p < 0.05); there is significant relationship between the level of socioeconomic development and funds allocated to tourism (χ 2 = 168.000, N= 120, p < 0.05). This study concludes that tourism is an agent of socioeconomic development. It further suggests that tourism sector should be strengthening through public-private-partnership (PPP) in order to attract visitors to Nigeria.

Tourism Development and Sustainable Economic Development: Evidence from South Western Nigeria

“…Equally, [20] reiterate that tourism development has a significant effect on the sustainability of the socio-cultural lives of the host communities. Findings of [21] also agree with the previous studies that tourism contributes towards alleviating the major political, social and economic problems that characterize the rural areas.…”

“…The result is similar to the work of [4,21,22] who discover that lack of adequate infrastructure, insecurity and low level of capital investment in the tourism sector, lack of interest by financial institutions to lend capital to tourism investors, over-dependent on oil, inadequate, non implementation of tourism policy and lack of adequate awareness are major challenges confronting the tourism sector in Nigeria.…”

“…Previous studies [22,21,4] have divergent views on the challenges confronting tourism development in Nigeria. For example, [22] discovers that the major challenges facing tourism development in Nigeria are; inadequate infrastructure to guarantee security, development of road network, provision and maintenance of water pipes and sewage, solid waste management at the tourist sites, inadequate finance and banking services, absence of effective monitoring and enforcement and lack of adequate awareness.…”

“…In another study, [21] identifies that Overdependent on oil, corruption, inadequate finance and non-implementation of tourism policy are major challenges confronting the tourism sector in Nigeria. In a similar study, [4] demonstrate that the challenges confronting the tourism sector are; lack of adequate infrastructure, insecurity and low level of capital investment in the tourism sector of Nigeria, due to lack of interest by financial institutions to lend capital to tourism investors.…”

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