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Development of environmental friendly and sustainable tourism in Nigeria
Onuoha, Dennis Uche
Developing an environmental friendly and sustainable tourism in Nigeria is realistic. Compare to many European countries, it has been noted by different researchers that Nigeria is making below her revenue potential despite the abundance of natural resources and heritage location. Hence this study analysed the development of environmental friendly and sustainable tourism in Nigeria, considering four specific objectives, which are to evaluate the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondent, to examine the environmental challenges facing sustainable tourism, to evaluate the population of tourist in the study area and to assess the perceived ways of achieving environmental friendly and sustainable ecotourism in the study area. The study data was majorly primary data collected through a well structure questionnaire administered to 363 respondents from visitors of the tourist centres in Lagos state Nigeria. The results of the study were represented in frequency, percentage and charts. The result revealed higher female respondents (52.1%), students (36.9%), single (73.3%) and holders of tertiary education (93.7%). Likewise, the environmental challenges facing sustainable tourism was noted as flood (42.1%), deforestation (48.2%), indiscriminate disposal of waste (43.8%), waste generation (46.3%), inadequate toilet facilities, poor traffic control (41.9%), destruction of Biodiversity (47.4%), bush burning (44.4%), poverty (39.7%), lack of participation by host community (55.9), none involvement of community in the planning stage (53.4%), lack of support and coordination amongst the various government and non–government agencies (52.7%), poor road network to tourist location (44.4%), and Insecurity (62%), among others. Also evaluating the population of tourist, it was low, and the recorded perceived ways of achieving environmental friendly and sustainable ecotourism was provision of adequate infrastructure, attention of government, creating awareness, promotional activities, solving environmental challenges facing tourism, promoting corporation between government and the community, carrying the community along in planning stage and to participate in the early stage, proper management, sensitizing the community of the benefit of nature conservation, eradication of poverty and good security.
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Sustainable tourism development and environmental friendly tourism in the PLA Křivoklátsko
Pommerová, Monika ; Indrová, Jarmila (advisor) ; Chaloupka, Radek (referee)
The work concerned with the sustainable development of tourism and its friendly forms. The issue is applied to the example of the protected area Křivoklátsko. The aim of Diploma Thesis is to evaluate the current status and potential of sustainable tourism development, including mapping the availability of sustainable forms of tourism within the protected area Křivoklátsko and outline prospects, potential and opportunities for further development. The theoretical part defines the concept of sustainable development, definition, indicators and principles on which it is based issues in general as well as in relation to tourism. In the practical part the region as a tourism destination: the attractiveness of the area, živostní environment, material and technical base, sound forms of tourism and development potential. Part of the work is the analysis of the potential for sustainable tourism development of the protected landscape area Křivoklátsko made on the basis of survey among entrepreneurs in tourism, tourists, residents and county public administration bodies. The overall assessment of the status and potential of sustainable tourism development in the region is used and SWOT analysis.
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