Open AccessWOMEN PARTICIPATION IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: AN X-RAY OF THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN AN EMERGING INDUSTRY
Author(s) -
Olumuyiwa Akande,
Temitope Francis Abiodun,
Kemi Opeyemi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of research in education and sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2782-7666
DOI - 10.46654/ijresd.1327
Subject(s) - tourism , pie chart , poverty , marketing , business , government (linguistics) , economic growth , descriptive statistics , functional illiteracy , socioeconomics , political science , sociology , economics , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , law
The tourism experience was perceived traditionally, in terms of products, destinations and consumption patterns. Women have contributed greatly to tourism development, promoting transport development and encouraging hotel progress, which help in reducing or eliminating poverty. This study sheds light on the extent of women participation in tourism development. The specific objective of the study is to examine the factors affecting women participation in tourism development and how tourism industry benefits women. This study collected qualitative and quantitative data from respondents; primary and secondary sources. Data were collected using two methods: oral interview and administration of structured questionnaires, which were randomly administered at the various study sites. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistic, simple percentages, bar-chart, pie-chart and chi-square respectively. Results obtained revealed that 90.8% of the factors affecting women participation in tourism development include: lack of financial capital, poverty, illiteracy, traditional perception, religious factor, child bearing and career development issues. The findings also indicated that 88% of the respondents are of the opinion that policies such as tourism education, trainings, internet marketing, and formation of business network for self-support and municipality support can be employed to improve women participation in tourism development. The study therefore recommended that there should be training programmes, workshops and seminars financed by Oyo State Government to improve the business skills of women in tourism, hotel and transportation industry, among others.