olawole, O.O and Okosodo, E.F. (2019) Economic Impact of Beach Tourism in Lagos State Southwestern Nigeria. FEPI-JOPAS, 1 (1). pp. 31-36. ISSN 2714-2531
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Abstract
This research study investigated the economic impact of beach tourism in Lagos state using Elegushi beach as the case study, it is a privately owned beach located at Lekki, Lagos state Data for this research study is obtained through the qualitative research method which includes direct conversation, and personal research that is interviews, observations, and information from tourism employees from the actual source rather than numerical data. The information gathered from both the residents, tourists and staff, combined with a few observations, was regarded as the authentic base for the outcome of this research work. The result obtained from this research study indicates that visitors to the beach age brackets revealed the between ages 31—50 has the highest visiting to the beach. The result indicates that both domestic and foreign tourist visit the beach more in the month of December. The research study examined the employment sources within the beach and the result revealed that restaurants employed more staff than the rest employment sources. From this result also, more revenue was derived from toll gate from the domestic visitors than the foreign tourist while hotel accommodation yields more revenue from the foreign tourist. The Tax profile was examined to see if beach tourism was profitable, the result indicates that beach tourism was 64.5% profitable. In conclusion, Elegusi beach has the potential to attract both domestic and foreign tourist. It also has the ability to generate revenue for the state and the beach owners and create employment for both skilled and unskilled workers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2020 16:34 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2020 16:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/434 |
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