期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2012
卷号：14
期号：1
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：The important roles of the tourism sector as the main instrument in socio-economic development of any nation cannot be overemphasized. Although some of the tourist centres in Nigeria are not well developed to promote socio-economic development however, the only way to realise the important roles of tourism is through a well developed, packaged and promoted tourist attractions. This paper therefore examines the potentials of Owu falls for socio-economic development of the host Community, State and Country to ensure sustainable tourism development in Africa. The paper goes further to explain the concept of tourism, benefits of tourism to the host community, the state and the country at large. The main challenges and future prospects of the falls were also highlighted. In order to achieve the aim of the study, 200 copies of structured questionnaire were administered to both the tourists and residents of the host community. Focus group discussion and interview were used to source information from the people of the community and the staff of Kwara State Tourism Board respectively. Findings revealed that Owu falls has no socio-economic impact on the host community with calculated P-value of (0.421). Conclusion was made that sustainable tourism development is visible and possible if government can just shift a little attention to its development.
关键词：Tourism; Economic Development; Waterfalls; Natural Resource and Environment.
