Impacts of Sustainable Tourism within the South West Region of Cameroon
Gomez, Fernando; Metuge, Vzay (2016)
Gomez, Fernando
Metuge, Vzay
Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605188526
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605188526
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This Bachelor’s thesis is aimed to develop education and awareness of the local people of Cameroon and the South West Region in particular regarding the benefits of sustainable tourism. Hence this will help the people of Cameroon and likewise Africa nations as a whole.
Sustainability is a growing phenomenon in the twenty-first first century and most of the African countries lack of education regarding this topic. The governments of many African countries have to create a platform to educate the masses on the benefits of sustainability especially in the tourism sector which is one of the world’s fast growing industries in recent times.
The thesis will be based on tourism in Africa and Cameroon in particular. Thus if the Cameroon government can invest more on education and sustainability in particular, Cameroonians will realize about the benefits they could obtain especially in the tourism sector. Consequently, Cameroon’s economy will grow as well as other African countries that will also educate their people on sustainable tourism Education and sustainability go hand in hand in any developing society, therefore if the African nations or Cameroon in particular want to attract many tourists in the future, the government has to carry out a proper sustainability project on education.
A qualitative research method was carried out by developing theme interviews. The main tourism impacts such as economic, socio-cultural and environmental were addressed in the research focus as the main problems affecting the promotion of tourism in Cameroon and the South West Region. The benefits of sustainable tourism are described to encourage all parties involved such as the government, the local people and the private sector to achieve this goal in the future. Moreover, one of the major problems facing African nations and Cameroon in particular are the preservation of infrastructures in the tourism sector and its products for the future generations. Solutions and suggestions were found from the analysis of the collected data that could help the African counties and Cameroon in to get a better tomorrow in the tourism industry. In addition, ideas and concepts to transform negative impacts into positive were created.
Sustainability is a growing phenomenon in the twenty-first first century and most of the African countries lack of education regarding this topic. The governments of many African countries have to create a platform to educate the masses on the benefits of sustainability especially in the tourism sector which is one of the world’s fast growing industries in recent times.
The thesis will be based on tourism in Africa and Cameroon in particular. Thus if the Cameroon government can invest more on education and sustainability in particular, Cameroonians will realize about the benefits they could obtain especially in the tourism sector. Consequently, Cameroon’s economy will grow as well as other African countries that will also educate their people on sustainable tourism Education and sustainability go hand in hand in any developing society, therefore if the African nations or Cameroon in particular want to attract many tourists in the future, the government has to carry out a proper sustainability project on education.
A qualitative research method was carried out by developing theme interviews. The main tourism impacts such as economic, socio-cultural and environmental were addressed in the research focus as the main problems affecting the promotion of tourism in Cameroon and the South West Region. The benefits of sustainable tourism are described to encourage all parties involved such as the government, the local people and the private sector to achieve this goal in the future. Moreover, one of the major problems facing African nations and Cameroon in particular are the preservation of infrastructures in the tourism sector and its products for the future generations. Solutions and suggestions were found from the analysis of the collected data that could help the African counties and Cameroon in to get a better tomorrow in the tourism industry. In addition, ideas and concepts to transform negative impacts into positive were created.