 Prospect and Problems of Sustainable Tourism in NigeriaChris A. Otu International Journal of Management Sciences, 2015, vol. 6, issue 11, 508-514 Abstract: The main thrust of this study was to investigate the prospect and problems of sustainable tourism in Nigeria. The lone hypothesis for this study investigated the relationship between sustainable tourism development and economic growth in Nigeria. The research design adopted for this study is ex-post facto research design. Data for the study was mainly secondary data collected from the World Tourism Organization and Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin. An econometric model linking growth of Nigeria economy as the dependent variable and tourism receipt, tourism arrival and inflation rate on one side as the independent variable was formulated. Data collected were analyzed using error correction model. Result of the findings revealed that: there exist a significant relationship between tourism receipt and economic growth in Nigeria and tourism arrival rate has a significant impact on the growth of Nigerian economy. The study also revealed that inflation significantly exerts an influence on the growth of Nigerian economy. The study recommended that tourism should be well planned, developed and managed to avoid congestion and pollution and environmental malpractices as well as socioeconomic and cultural problems. Keywords: Tourism receipt; tourism arrival; inflation; economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rss:jnljms:v6i11p1 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Management Sciences from Research Academy of Social Sciences |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.