Abstract
Tourism and leisure industries in the Sub-Sahara economies are have lagged behind in development and growth particularly in the West and Central African Subregions when compared to the rest of the world. It has been suggested that poor transportation access and link to the existing tourism and leisure centres and poor linkages between the transportation industries and the tourism and leisure industries are a major factor for the poor growth and development of the tourism and leisure industries. This study examines the relationship between transportation access, collaborative efforts between the two industry and the growth of tourism in Nigeria. The study used survey design as it main approach and administered questionnaires to tourists to seek the level of relationship that exist between the transport access and linkages between the tourism and leisure industry and the carriers and the growth of the tourism and leisure industry in Nigeria. Another set of questionnaires were set to tourism and leisure centres operators as well as the carriers to understand the level of linkages that exists between the two sets. It was discovered that transport access and linkages between the two industries are very important for the growth of the tourism and leisure industries and currently the linkages and collaborative efforts between the two industries is poor. Our recommendation is that the two industries should synergise to grow their industries.
Presenters
Mobolaji StephensLecturer/Professor, Logistics and Transport Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akute, Ondo, Nigeria
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Critical Issues in Tourism and Leisure Studies
KEYWORDS
Access, Collaboration, Transport, Tourism, Leisure, Modal choice, Growth
