Tourism and rural development in Sipi falls, Tingey county, Kapchorwa district
| dc.contributor.author | Milton, Erimia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-26T15:20:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-26T15:20:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-07 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study investigated, “tourism and rural development in Tingey county, Kapchorwa district”. The main purpose of the study was to establish the role of tourism in rural development. The study mainly targeted tourists, tour guides and the proprietors’ of tourism centers. Questionnaires’ (self-administered questionnaires’) in-depth interview, documentary sources and observation methods were used to get the required information in which 50 respondents were interviewed in the whole study. Primary and secondary data sources were used to analyze and present the data in respective ways. Qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods were used. The research study was descriptive in nature. The study found out that the male respondents constituted the highest number of respondents representing 75.2%, the majority of 40% of the respondents were aged 3 1-35 years, 41% had attained a diploma as their highest level of education, majority of 43% of the respondents had worked for 4 -.7 years, 50% of the respondents were married. The study findings revealed that existence of highly cherished cultures has led to slow flow of tourists in the sense that the people are arrogant and uncivilized (conservativeness’), unimproved quality tourism inputs to lure tourists, therefore with such in place, development in the areas has become a wild dream and unrealistic. The study concludes that the government, development partners and other stakeholders should take on extensive role in thorough sensitization of the local tourist agencies and proprietors’ on the essence of improved tourism related activities like infrastructural development, subsidizes (tax holidays to tour operators), vigorous advertisement, security and awareness creation among others and spell out their contribution to the increased and quality tourist varieties which will lead to both rural and national development. The study recommends that Kapchorwa district (through the district tourism officers and planning units) should engage in support of tourist operators in a spectrum of activities, for instance under the Uganda community tourism Association (UCOTA), sensitization and technical advice to tour operators, improve political stability, capacity building and finally emphasis should be put on eco-tourism and sustainable tourism. The researcher recommends further research to be carried out on rural tourism and tour operator’s income. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/4727 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tourism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rural development | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sipi falls | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tingey county | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kapchorwa district | en_US |
| dc.title | Tourism and rural development in Sipi falls, Tingey county, Kapchorwa district | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |