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PROBLEMS AND
PROSPECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Tourism is
defined as a composite of activities, services, and industries that delivers a
travel experience to individuals and groups travelling fifty miles (about
eighty kilometres) or more from their homes for purposes of pleasure. Tourism
is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism
Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places
outside their usual environment for more than twenty-four (24) hours and not
more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not
related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place
visited.
In 1941,
Hunziker and Krapf defined tourism as people who travel "the sum of the
phenomena and relationships arising from the travel and stay of non-residents,
insofar as they do not lead to permanent residence and are not connected with
any earning activity." In 1976, the Tourism Society of England's
definition was: "Tourism is the temporary, short-term movement of people
to destination outside the places where they normally live and work and their
activities during the stay at each destination. It includes movements for all
purposes." In 1981, the International Association of Scientific Experts in
Tourism defined tourism in terms of particular activities selected by choice
and undertaken outside the home. The terms tourism and travel are sometimes
used interchangeably. In this context, travel has a similar definition to
tourism, but implies a more purposeful journey. The terms tourism and tourist
are sometimes used pejoratively, to imply a shallow interest in the cultures or
locations visited by tourists.
Tourism is
one of the world‘s largest industries. For developing countries it is also one
of the biggest income generators. But the huge infrastructural and resource
demands of tourism (e.g. water consumption, waste generation and energy use)
can have severe impacts upon local communities and the environment if it is not
properly managed. Tourism is vital for many countries, such as Nigeria, France,
Egypt, Greece, Israel, United States, Spain, Italy, and Thailand, and many
island nations, such as The Bahamas, Fiji, Maldives, Philippines and the
Seychelles, due to the large intake of money for businesses with their goods
and services and the opportunity for employment in the service industries
associated with tourism. These service industries include transportation
services, such as airlines, cruise ships and taxicabs, hospitality services,
such as accommodations, including hotels and resorts, and entertainment venues,
such as amusement parks, casinos, shopping malls, music venues and theatres
Wealthy
people have always travelled to distant parts of the world, to see great
buildings, works of art, learn new languages, and experience new cultures and
to taste different cuisines. Long ago, at the time of the Roman Republic,
places such as Baiae were popular coastal resorts for the rich. The word
tourism was used by 1811 and tourist by 1840. In 1936, the League of Nations
defined foreign tourist as "someone travelling abroad for at least
twenty-four hours". Its successor, the United Nations, amended this
definition in 1945, by including a maximum stay of six months.
There has
been an upmarket trend in the tourism over the last few decades, especially in
Africa, where international travel for short breaks is common. Tourists have
high levels of disposable income, considerable leisure time, are well educated,
and have sophisticated tastes. There is now a demand for better quality
products, which has resulted in a fragmenting of the mass market for beach
vacations; people want more specialised versions, quieter resorts,
family-oriented holidays or niche market-targeted destination hotels.
The
developments in technology and transport infrastructure, such as jumbo jets,
low-cost airlines and more accessible airports have made many types of tourism
more affordable. As of April 28, 2009 The Guardian article notes that,
"the WHO estimates that up to 500,000 people are on planes at any
time." There have also been changes in lifestyle, such as retiree-age
people who sustain year round tourism. This is facilitated by internet sales of
tourism products. Some sites have now started to offer dynamic packaging, in
which an inclusive price is quoted for a tailor-made package requested by the
customer upon impulse.
Tourism has
become a popular global leisure activity. In 2010, there were over 940 million
international tourist arrivals, with a growth of 6.6% as compared to 2009.
International tourism receipts grew to US$919 billion (euro 693 billion) in
2010, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 4.7%. As a result of the
late-2000s recession, international travel demand suffered a strong slowdown
beginning in June 2008, with growth in international tourism arrivals worldwide
falling to 2% during the boreal summer months. This negative trend intensified
during 2009, exacerbated in some countries due to the outbreak of the H1N1
influenza virus, resulting in a worldwide decline of 4% in 2009 to 880 million
international tourists’ arrivals, and an estimated 6% decline in international
tourism receipts.
We have
witnessed an exponential growth in global tourism over the past half century.
25 million international visitors in 1950 grew to an estimated 650 million
people by the year 2000. Several factors have contributed to this rise in
consumer demand in recent decades. This includes an increase in the standard of
living in the developed countries, greater allowances for holiday entitlements
and declining costs of travel. Tourism is an important export for a large
number of developing countries, and the principal export for about a third of
these. The business sectors comprising the tourism industry include:
transportation, accommodations, eating and drinking establishments, shops,
entertainment venues, activity facilities, and a variety of hospitality.
⦁ BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY:
The desire
to develop the Nigerian tourism and hospitality sector to a regionally
competitive level by the Federal and other similarly persuaded states, like
Adamawa, has been a major policy towards which steps are being taken, with
differing degrees of commitment and directional clarity. The passion towards
the realisation of tourism advancement in this respect is premised upon the
anticipated benefits of the sector to Nigeria; two of which are clearly
evident. First, tourism promises to widen the utilitarian value as well as
enhance the effective demand made on the abundant natural and cultural assets
that are presently underutilised, given the expansion in the streams of
tourists that would be attracted by them. Second, tourism being a
labour-intensive sector offers a great potential to address much of Nigeria’s
present and future employment challenges, given the size of her population and
expected future growth.
It is in
this context, that the Nigerian government commissioned its Tourism Master Plan
for the development of Tourism in Nigeria in 2006 (The Nigeria Tourism Master
Plan (2006)). Among others, that Tourism Master Plan (TMP) observed a number of
critical challenges facing tourism development that must be addressed with
varying degrees of urgency. One of such problems was the poor level of domestic
propensity for local destination patronage, as well as the marginal knowledge
of the worth of the Nigerian tourism market internationally.
Since the
publicity of this Master Plan, governments have taken a number of steps to
address its recommendations. The nature of responses and the degree of their
intensity have varied. Essentially, responses on infrastructure provision and
overhaul, as well as on national image-rebranding and marketing overseas have received
much attention. In spite of all the efforts so far, the need as well as the
strategy to influence the population towards a tourism-oriented leisure
consumption habit locally, is yet to be seriously addressed.
Specifically,
government must encourage the culture of visits to tourist sites by the
different identifiable socio-demographic groups into which its population may
be sub-divided.
Ability to
determine, at a later date, the degree of success achieved by governments in
this regard, requires the acquisition of some essential data by relevant
agencies of the government. A major component of such data would be statistics
depicting the state of awareness as well as the existing pattern of visits to
recreation and tourists sites by identifiable segments of its population prior
to intervention.
Adamawa was
created out of Gongola State on 27th August, 1991 as one of the nine new states
created by the Federal Military Government. It is located in the North Eastern
part of the country. Prior to its creation in 1991, it was part of the North
Eastern StateS from 1967 to February 1976 and Gongola State 1976 - 1991.
The State
shares border with Gombe State to the North, and Borno State to the North East,
while to the West it is bordered with Taraba State as well as the Republic of
Cameroon to the East.
There are
over 80 ethnic groups found in Adamawa State. Some of the ethnic groups
include: Fulani, Verre, Chamba, Lilba, Kwah, Waja, Tambo, Libo Mwama, Kilba,
Viengo and others.
The people
of Adamawa, are noted for its rich cultural heritage which reflects in its
history, i.e. dances, dress patterns, craftsmanship, music, and her cordial
relationships. The three main religions are Islam, Christianity and
Traditionalism.
Adamawa is
the millennium tourist destination in Nigeria. All major towns in the State are
adequately connected to the National Grid and have standard health facilities
spread all over the State. There are good catering services provided by both
government and private hotels.
In
categorizing the affected population into socio-economic or demographic groups,
adequate attention must be paid to ensuring that the segmentation criteria
accurately reflect existing differences in behavioural inclinations towards
leisure. In this context, targeting the youth either as a distinct segment of a
population, or as a group to be contrasted with another in that same
population, offers a useful analytical framework for assessing future
projections on tourism growth in that population. Indeed, given that youths generally
differ from older age cohorts, either in their consumption habits or in their
greater likelihood for future behavioural adjustments, underscores the
appropriateness of any decision that focuses on them exclusively, or as
contrasting groups in baseline studies on leisure behaviour. . It is against
this background that the present study examines the problem and prospect for
the tourism in Adamawa state case study of Yola north local government.
⦁ STATEMENT OF PROBLEM:
Owing to the
sudden but expected boom in the tourism and hospitality industry worldwide,
every country is on the lookout on how to improve their tourism and hospitality
industry so as to achieve their desired aim.
In Nigeria,
over the years the tourism and hospitality industry have been experiencing a
lot of setbacks which ranges from transportation problems to accommodation and
security. This research work therefore seeks to explore the problems and
prospects for the development of the hospitality and tourism industry in
Adamawa state state.
⦁ OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:
The
following forms the objectives of the study;
⦁ To investigate the problems facing
the tourism and hospitality industry in Lagos state.
⦁ To investigate also the causes of
these problems found in the sector
⦁ To suggest a possible means of
minimizing or stopping the challenges faced by this sector
⦁ To examine the level of development
of tourism in Yola North Adamawa state.
⦁ RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
To
effectively carryout the research work, the researcher designed some questions
in which an attempt to answer then correctly during the course of the research
work will enhance understanding of the project topic. The research questions
include the following;
⦁ What is the current level of
development of tourism in Yola North?
⦁ What are the problems facing the
development of tourism in Adamawa state?
⦁ What are the causes of these
problems?
⦁ How many tourist destination centres
are there in Yola North?
⦁ To what extent has the government of
the state aided the tourism sector in solving the problem facing them?
⦁ RESEARCH HYPOTHESE:
The
following forms the research hypothesis for the study; HO: Internally generated
problems retards the development of tourism in the state
HI:
Internally generated problems promotes the development of tourism in the state
HO:
Government aids in the alleviation of these problems hindering development
HI:
Government does not aid in the alleviation of these problems hindering
development of tourism in the state.
HO: The
problems facing tourism development in Yola north affects its profitability
HI: The
problems facing tourism development in Yola north does not affect its
profitability
⦁ SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY:
It is the
expectation of the researcher that this project work will be of great
importance to the state government, the country and the students. The state
government and the country is expected to benefit from this study since the
study will throw light on the problems facing the tourism industry and the
possible ways of alleviating the problems for the benefit of developing the
sector. It will be of immense benefit to student of tourism and hospitality
department since it will broaden their perception of tourism its challenges and
the possible ways of tackling such challenges.
⦁ SCOPE OF THE STUDY:
The project
work is sectioned in such a way that chapter one examines the introductory
rudiments of the research, chapter two introduces the literature review of the
study, chapter three projects the methodology utilized by the researcher in
conducting the research work and all other necessary facts needed. Chapter four
presents the result of the methodology used and evaluation of the research
hypothesis. Chapter five gives the summary, conclusion and recommendation of
the research work.
⦁ LIMITATION OF THE STUDY:
During the
course of this project work, the researcher encountered several research
challenges which include the following;
⦁ Financial constraints
⦁ Limited material for the research
work
⦁ Time factor
⦁ Problem convincing people to answer
questionnaires correctly.
Nevertheless,
the researcher was able to surmount the challenges and conclude the research
work successfully.
⦁ DEFINITION OF TERMS:
⦁ To fully comprehend the topic under
discussion, the researcher believes that definition of the following terms will
be of a great help;
⦁ TOURISM: The commercial organization
and operation of holidays and visits to places of interest.
⦁ CHALLENGE: the ⦁ situation of being ⦁ faced with something that ⦁ needs ⦁ great ⦁ mental
or ⦁ physical ⦁ effort in ⦁ order to be done ⦁ successfully and ⦁ therefore ⦁ tests a person's ⦁ ability
⦁ DEVELOPMENT: grow or cause to grow
and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.
⦁ IMPACT: the action of one object
coming forcibly into contact with another.
⦁ HOSPITALITY: The friendly and
generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers
⦁ PROBLEM: A matter or situation
regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.
⦁ PROSPECT: The possibility or
likelihood of some future event occurring.
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