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AN APPRAISAL OF THE INFLUENCE OF TOURISM ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CAMEROON

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This paper examines the relationship between tourism development and its influence on the socio-economic development of Cameroon with emphasis on a comparative analysis of this influence in the two large distinct regions of the country that is the North and South. The Cameroon government has for so many years neglected the tourism sector as an agent of development in favor of sectors like agriculture, manufacturing, mineral exploitation and services. It was not until the last two decades that tourism became enlisted in the government agenda as a priority even though still on a lower scale. It is on this premise that this study pays particular attention to the marginalization of the local people in the regions with the touristic potentials who ironically are those with the lowest level of socio-economic development despite their rich touristic potentials. This research goes on to show that tourism and socio-economic development are intricately related and as such tourism can be used as a new and more efficient tool for the socio-economic development of the regions concerned in particular and the whole country in general. The study did not however ignore the great challenges facing the development of the tourism industry in Cameroon and the problems encountered by the local people when trying to integrate them into the industry. The outcome of this study is generalized so as to depict what Cameroon needs to do to develop a vibrant tourism industry which meets the socio-economic needs of its local people. The study concludes that tourism is an agent of socio-economic development and it suggest that the tourism sector should be strengthened through increased partnership between the government and local communities in order to attract more visitors to Cameroon.

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CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE- 1
1.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS- 4
1.3 HYPOTHESIS 4
1.4 MOTIVATION OF STUDIES- 5
1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 5
1.6 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM- 6
1.7 METHODOLOGY- 7
1.8 LIMITATIONS- 7
1.9 ASSUMPTIONS- 7
1.10 ORDER OF THE STUDY 8
1.11 CONCLUSION- 9
CHAPTER TWO: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND LITERATURE REVIEW 10
2.1 INTRODUCTION- 10
2.2 TOURISM PROBLEMS IN CAMEROON 12
2.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CAMEROON- 13
2.4 THEORIZING THE CONCEPTS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT- 15
2.5 HOW PROMISING IS CAMEROONS TOURISM INDUSTRY - 18
2.6 CONCLUSION 21
CHAPTER THREE: BACKGROUND OF CAMEROONS TOURISM INDUSTRY AND TOURISTIC POTENTIALS 23
3.1 INTRODUCTION- 23
3.2 CAMEROON: LOCATION, GEOGRAPHY AND PEOPLES- 23
3.3 TOURISTIC POTENTIALS IN THE NORTH 28
3.4 TOURISTIC POTENTIALS IN THE SOUTH 30
3.5 PROTECTED TOURISTIC SITES IN CAMEROON- 36
3.6 CHALLENGES TO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN CAMEROON 38
3.7 CONCLUSION 41
CHAPTER FOUR: THE INFLUENCE OF TOURISM ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CAMEROON 42
4.1 INTRODUCTION 42
4.2 LESSONS FROM KENYAS SUCCESSFUL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM- 42
4.3 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOURISM AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 45
4.4 THE EMPOWERMENT OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN PARTICIPATION IN TOURISM- 47
4.5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES- 51
4.6 MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY- 53
4.7 CONCLUSION 55
CHAPTER FIVE: RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 57
5.1 RECOMMENDATIONS 57
5.2 CONCLUSION 59
REFERENCES 62

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