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The Impact Of Tourism In Alleviating Poverty In Nigeria
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THE ORIGIN OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
The
word hospitality is derived from a French word “hospice†meaning to
provide care and shelter for traveler. Walker (1999) observed that
hospitality begun from France in 1443 by Nicols Rolin. The most known
hospice was hospice Beaune in the Burgundy region, situated in one of
the most beautiful regions in France, the Cole de Beavne located near
Dijon. Beavne is taken as the capital of Burgundian Wireland, and their
wine is the best so far. For instance, in Greece and Rome, it is traced
to the ancient Greece and Rome (1700Bc). While is European continent, it
is traced to the eight century when charlemageze built houses for
pilgrims where the pilgrims rested, before continuing their journey to
the holy land. The pilgrims were received in these rest houses so as to
ensure repeat patronage.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In order to
make a sound case for the benefit of tourism to the poor and poor
communities there is need to move beyond the language of multiphers and
“trickle down†and to identify specific benefits to poor individuals and
communities. It claims are made about, for example facilitating local
community access to the tourism market and building on and complementing
existing livelihood strategies, there is a need to be able to identify
which poor individuals and communities have benefited and by how much.
This will required reliance on accounting rather than on economic and to
report in detail on the specific poverty impact of tourism initiatives
which are claimed to make a contribution to poverty alleviation. In
addition, there is a need to be able to identify specifically which poor
people benefit and by how much, where these benefits are not
specifically financial and cannot easily be translated into financial
terms there is a need to use auditable quantitative methods. This
analysis will be particularly important in convincing the development
agencies and banks that tourism can make a contribution to poverty
alleviation.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The purposes of writing this research are as follows
i. To encourage people living in Nigeria to take their holidays therein and people from abroad to visit Nigeria.
ii. To encourage the provision and improvement of tourism amenities and facilities in Nigeria.
iii. To provide advisory and information services to state and local governments
iv. To promote and undertake research in the field of tourism in the state and local government areas.
v. To render technical advice to state and local government in the field tourism and
vi.
To register, classify and grade all hospitality and tourism
enterprises, travel agencies and tour operators in such manners as may
be prescribed.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Tourism is one the largest and fastest growing industries in the world. It is an increasingly important source of income, employment and wealth in many countries. Its rapid expansion has, however, had detrimental environmental (and Scio- cultural) impacts on many regions. In this research I examine the main economic benefits and environmental impacts of tourism and review the development of the international sustainable tourism agenda. While much of international tourism activity takes place wit ... Continue reading---
