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The Impact Of Tourism In Alleviating Poverty In Nigeria
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1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
There are good numbers of
tourist centers in Nigeria, featly speaking, it will not be a very east
task to study all tourist centres in various stats and communities where
tourist centres are situated so I the researcher picked Nekede zoo
Owerri Imo state. It is this tourist centre that the study is based on.
In this regards, the study becomes the impact of tourism to poverty
alleviation with reference to Nekede 200 Owerri Imo State as one of the
tourist centres.
Moreover, this study, it is usually paramount
(more important than anything else) to defined the scope of the study,
thereby reducing the ambiguity (the state of having more than one
possibly meaning) of reducing the whole tourist centres. However, the
study is restricted to the impact of tourism to poverty alleviation with
case study of Nekede zoo Owerri Imo State.
1.8 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
Some of the constraints encountered during the research work include the following.
i. Problem or limitation of shortage of finance
ii. Time constraints
iii. Dearth of statistical information
iv. Lack of research facilities
v. Problem of assessing the real information
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
TOURISM:
Is a short term movement of people to destination outside their
residential areas primary for leisure recreation, sport or business
transactions.
TOURIST: A person who is traveling or visiting a place in pleasure.
DEVELOPMENT: A new event or stage that is likely to affect what happens in a continuing situation.
COMMUNITIES: The feeling of sharing and belonging to a group where you live.
POVERTY: The state of being poor, a lack of something.
ALLEVIATION: To make something less severe.
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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---
