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  1. Sustainable Development Goals and Tourism Development in Nigeria: A Study of Old Oyo National Park Tourism Activities

    This paper examines the crucial role and significance of sustainable development goals on tourism development in Nigeria. The study administers the research instrument entailing 28 close ended ...

  2. Impact of sustainability on tourism development in Nigeria: a case

    ABSTRACT. The primary effort of this research therefore is to examine the reasons why tourist choose Cross River State over other tourism destinations in Nigeria, and to critically analyze the social, economic, environmental and cultural impacts of sustainable tourism in the state on the economy, and the local population.

  3. Developing responsible tourism in emerging economies: the case of Nigeria

    The emergence of responsible tourism in the 1990s was a call to action, and for a move from setting agendas (sustainable tourism) to stakeholder accountability. As tourism is still developing in Nigeria, this paper discusses strategies for supporting responsible tourism development in the Southeastern region of the country.

  4. Cultural heritage tourism as a catalyst for sustainable development

    Sustainable development of cultural tourism will harness their creative enterprises and improve their socio-economic life. On the other hand, it will guarantee public participation, which is essential for developing tourism in a country like Nigeria.

  5. Exploring Sustainable Tourism in Nigeria for Developmental Growth

    Predicting the Effects of Economic Diversification on Sustainable Tourism Development in Nigeria. A. Ayeni. Environmental Science, Economics. 2013. Tourism is as of the largest economic sector, generates employ ment and foster growth in many countries. Nigeria, a mono economy country, generates eighty percent of the nation's foreign exchange ...

  6. Role of Tourism in Sustainable Development

    The role of tourism in sustainable development can be examined through an understanding of the economic, environmental, and social impacts of tourism. Tourism is a global phenomenon that involves travel, recreation, the consumption of food, overnight accommodations, entertainment, sightseeing, and other activities that simultaneously intersect ...

  7. Facilitating collaboration and community participation in tourism

    Her key focus of interest in tourism relates to the concept of sustainable tourism development, incorporating the environment in all its aspects. This covers the areas of host community attitudes and the social representation of tourism; cultural tourism; nature-based tourism; and resource economics.

  8. Tourism Development Plan in Nigeria: Implementation, Management and

    as the panacea to sustainable tourism development. The paper focus on the process and the challenges involved in the implementation and management of the Nigeria tourism development plan vis-a-vis the effort of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) in the planning and management of tourism facilities and destinations in the country.

  9. Actualizing Sustainable Development Goal‐11 in rural Nigeria: The role

    Actualization of SDGs by 2030 has dominated debates among policy makers and developers. This study investigated the position of Adult Literacy Education and Tourism Development to the actualization of SDG-11 in rural Nigeria by 2030. SDG-11 focuses on ensuring sustainable cities and communities by 2030.

  10. Sustainable Tourism

    Sustainable tourism transcends mere economic viability, embracing ecological integrity, long-term resilience, and its pivotal role in broader sustainable development agendas (Butler, 2001). It strives to foster practices within the tourism domain that yield positive outcomes across economic, societal, and environmental realms (UNWTO, 2024).

  11. UNWTO Connects Tourism and Culture in Nigeria

    18 Nov 2022. UNWTO brought together leaders and some of Africa's best creative minds around a shared vision for advancing sustainable development and opportunity across the continent. Held in Lagos, Nigeria, the first UNWTO Global Conference on Linking Tourism, Culture and Creative Industries, celebrated the close ties between the two major ...

  12. PDF NIGERIA

    The Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria Following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, Nigeria began to implement the SDGs almost immediately. First, it established institutional frameworks at the ... Planning, Mr Clem Agba, for his leadership role in this whole process and for delivering a thought-provoking Keynote Address during the National ...

  13. Promoting Human Security in Nigeria: The Role of Tourism

    Diversification of Nigeria's Economy; Impact of Tourism on Sustainable Development in Nigeria. International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Studies, 3(5), 36-44. ISSN 2394-6296 (Online). Google Scholar Esu, B. B. (2015). Transforming the Nigeria Tourism Industry Through Tourism Entrepreneurial Development.

  14. PDF An Empirical Assessment of Tourism Development and Planning in Nigeria

    Sustainable tourism and sustainable development have become ambiguous and popular just like ecotourism. Sustainable development as a concept itself helps to recycle waste cause by humans, tourist, host communities and helps in the environment to reduce energy consumption in other to prevent human and natural resources.

  15. (PDF) Harnessing the Potentials of Tourism in Nigeria ...

    These remedies among others include: the playing of an active role in tourist destination development by the government, government involvement in the planning and execution of marketing of ...

  16. Heritage resources as a driver for cultural tourism in Nigeria

    6. Challenges of heritage resources in Nigeria. Nigeria is richly endowed with diverse unique heritage resources which have been the major factor promoting cultural tourism in the country. These heritage resources as earlier noted are the products of different ethnic groups of the country. Despite the relevance of these products they are beset ...

  17. Tourism Development in Plateau State, Nigeria

    ABSTRACT. The unique climate conditions of Plateau State and the numerous tourism attraction and spots has made Plateau State the home of peace and tourism and also tourist haven of Nigeria. This chapter is centered on five resorts in Plateau State such as National Museum, Jos Wildlife Park, ASSOP Falls, Pandom Wildlife Park, and Solomon Lar ...

  18. Sustainable Development Goals

    The Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria. The Sustainable Development Goals are a global call to action to end poverty, protect the earth's environment and climate, and ensure that people everywhere can enjoy peace and prosperity. These are the goals the UN is working on in Nigeria:

  19. Role of Ecotourism in Sustainable Development

    This chapter examines ecotourism as responsible travel to natural areas. Climate change issue or more succinctly global warming has brought ecotourism to the front burner of conservation in twenty-first century. It involves economic development and conservation to ensure sustainable development. Natural resources are the focal point in ecotourism with the broad division into renewable and non ...

  20. Tinubu: Transforming Nigeria for sustainable development

    As Nigeria navigates through a period of profound transformation, Tinubu's leadership and decisive actions stand poised to shape the nation's trajectory towards sustainable development and ...

  21. Unveiling the Dilemma of Sustainable Tourism Development in Nigeria: A

    Tourism generally is about the movement of people from one location to another, it is essentially a movement for the purpose of recreation or socialization. Agbowa is one of the major towns in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State that is rich and endowed with a sizeable number of tourists' destination sites, activities and programs, which therefore provide a great opportunity for tourism ...

  22. Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development: Findings from Seven

    Social inequities have widened divisions between diverse population groups. Inequity is associated with social exclusion, structural and physical violence and reduced development, which in turn are linked to civil unrest, conflict and adverse health and social outcomes. Public services are key institutions through which social inequities are created and maintained, but evidence on viable ...

  23. Community Empowerment in Nigeria's Tourism Industry: An Analysis of

    These stakeholder groups are central to tourism development in South-West Nigeria. The interviewees were selected through purposive and snowballing sampling (Myers, Citation 2013), based on their position or roles and the knowledge or experience that they have about tourism development in Nigeria (see Table 1). The researcher started the data ...

  24. Revolutionizing Nigeria's energy sector with innovative solar financing

    Overall, they have the potential to transform Nigeria's energy landscape, driving widespread adoption of clean and sustainable energy sources while promoting economic development and ...

  25. World Bank's PROBLUE Ocean Trust Fund Extended to 2030

    In Washington: Morgan Graham. +1 (202) 304-4771. [email protected]. World Bank's PROBLUE Ocean Trust Fund Extended to 2030 Global demand for blue economy initiatives is soaring, prompting PROBLUE to seek additional funding to support countries and regions in their development efforts SAN JOSE, June 6, 2024 - The World Bank and ...

  26. Ecotourism for transformative and youth development in sub-Saharan

    Ecotourism for transformative and youth development in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria's oil host communities ... It shows that opportunities to supply products and services to the tourism sector can help ensure a sustainable market and increase incomes and other revenues in local communities driven ...

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  28. Community Empowerment in Nigeria's Tourism Industry: An Analysis of

    tourism development in Nigeria using a qualitative approach, drawing on stakeholder responses. The research also recognises that the government and other stakeholders in tourism development play a crucial role in faci litating and cultivating empowerment (Choi & Murray, 2010;Sofield, 2003), and hence understanding stakeholders' perceptions