Contribution of the tourism industry to poverty eradication in Zanzibar Municipality
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2007-10
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Kampala international international : College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
This study was conducted to assess the contribution of tourism industry to poverty eradication for the period between 2001 and 2006 in Zanzibar Municipality. Earning from tourism look impressive. According to the Bank of Tanzania Economic and Operations Report (2003) tourism contributed 25% oi the Gross Domestic Product. It is not clear who benefits the income from tourism activities. Under this study the interest was to know who benefits from tourism industry and whether such economic earnings have anything to do with poverty eradication. The review of relevant literature was done on tourism and poverty
eradication. Books, journals, published and unpublished articles, newspapers and official report on tourism were perused to nourish the researcher with wide knowledge of tourism and poverty so as to enable him establish the gap that exist. This was a qualitative study and data was collected by the use of various
research instruments namely: questionnaires, interviews and documentary review. Despite the fact that tourism is boosting the economy employment creation and raising national revenue there has been some disadvantages that have been discovered; for example, it has facilitated the evils of drug abuse, environmental degradation, school dropouts and erosion of Islamic culture in the Island. From the findings it was recommended that the government has to put strategies for creating favourable environment for tourism attraction but at the same time ensure that tourism is benefiting both tourist institutions as well as
common man working directly or indirectly with tourism industry. As tourism is the
mainstay of the economy of Zanzibar Municipality, more efforts are still needed to
promote tourism industry worldwide.
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A thesis submitted to the school of post graduate studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Degree of Masters of Arts in Development Studies
(MADS) of Kampala International University
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Tourism industry, poverty eradication, Zanzibar Municipality