Assessment of community awareness and participation in ecotourism in Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria

Ogunjinmi Adekunle Anthony () and Braimoh Charity Omokeme
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Ogunjinmi Adekunle Anthony: Department of Ecotourism and Wildlife Management, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure Ondo State, Nigeria
Braimoh Charity Omokeme: Department of Ecotourism and Wildlife Management, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure Ondo State, Nigeria

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2018, vol. 6, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: This study assessed the level of community awareness and participation in ecotourism in Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria. Data were collected in communities located in four ranges (i.e. administrative and protection zones) of Old Oyo National Park, Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria. The ranges are Tede, Marguba, Sepeteri, and Oyo-Ile. Seven (7) communities out of 27 that are in Tede range were selected, eight (8) were selected from 12 communities in Marguba range, eight (8) were selected from 17 communities in Sepeteri range while eight (8) were selected from 30 communities in Oyo Ile range. The study was a questionnaire survey involving 150 respondents that were randomly selected from communities in the four (4) ranges of the Park. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Tukey’s HSD, t-test and logistic regression. Results revealed that 48% of the respondents were aware of ecotourism while 52% were not. Also, 46% participated in ecotourism while 54% did not participate. A relationship exists between ecotourism awareness and participation (p

Keywords: community; awareness; ecotourism; participation; national park (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/environ-2018-0017

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