Conceptual Framework
While the Institute for Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) reports in its quarterly bulletin that the tourism industry provides a total of 20 per cent of all the global income, other researchers such as Zhao et al (2009) have asserted that the importance of the tourism sector is evident in the quantum of employment it creates in the Jiaozuo region where it provides employment for thirty five thousand six hundred (35,600) people with an estimated number of fourteen million five hundred and twenty one thousand five hundred (14,521,500) tourists making their visit to the tourism facilities in the region (Zhao, et. al, 2009). A careful look at the above quantitative data gives an indication that in the Jiaozuo region, the issues of tourism is very important to the general well being of the people since the entirety of their lives hinges around its success. It is for this reason that every effort is put in place to ensure that the maximum benefits possible is derived from the venture. It is also noted that it is this same desire to consolidate the gains in the tourism sector that continuous to spare them on to always construct new places of interest as well as rehabilitate old one so that the benefits of the industry will not be a preserve of this generation by for the benefit of succeeding generations as well. This view of tourism is a sharp contradiction to evidence in both academic and non academic researches which support the view that there are a number of communities that have had very little benefit from their tourism potential. In places in Africa, tourism potentials remain unused, abused or misused. It therefore calls for an investigation into the secret issues that are inherent in developing tourism to provide a massive economic backbone.
In order to achieve this vision a number of measures have been put in place while others are yet to be implemented to ensure that the tourism really benefits posterity. Among the measure which have been established include the ban on game and hunting at strategic forest locations, the embargo on the falling of timber in selected forests and the injunction to plant a two tree whenever one is cut. A novelty in ensuring a sustainable tourism potential in Jiaozuo is the incorporation of tourism studies into the academic curriculum of schools up to the pre-tertiary level intended to draw the attention of all to the importance that the area attaches to their tourism potential and how these can be developed and preserve in order to benefit all persons . In summary the importance of the tourism cannot be overemphasised. The focus of this study will be narrowed to the economics of tourism and the extent to which cities and nations can depend upon it to generate a reasonable proportion of their national income. It will seek to address very obvious question such as
a. What local resources can be determined as resources of tourism?
Research Method and Organisation of the Study
The dissertation is divided into five chapters namely introduction, literature review, methodology, analysis and conclusion. In chapter one the research outlines and discusses the aim and objectives underlining the conduct of the research as well as the relevance of this study for both academic and non academic (industrial) purpose. The chapter also outlines the conceptual frame work as well as the way the researcher has organized this study. In the second chapter the researcher discusses the different forms of academic and non academic literature that has been gathered in relation to the topic. In order to facilitate ability make references, appropriate referencing study has been employed in the in-text wit a corresponding out-text format at the end of the study. The researcher was careful to select and discuss the most recent where possible forms of academic and non academic literature. In the third Chapter, the researcher has expounded on the methodology used in this research and has provided justification for the use of each of the methods. The section also highlights the choice of the population and the selection of an appropriate sample and data collection instrument. The chapter ended with a highlight of the test of validity of the instruments to be used in collection data as well as the quality of supporting staff with who the researcher undertook this study. In this study the use of the Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) will be very much depended as the main analytical device for the collected data. Some of these include frequency distribution tables, and test of significance. This will be discussed extensively in the fourth chapter of this study. The findings and conclusions of this research will be the last part of this study and would be handled in the fifth chapter. As usual references to this study and other information needed for ease of study will be provided in the appendix. |