ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ABUJA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN (2000 – 2010)
ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ABUJA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN (2000 – 2010)
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2012-05
Authors
ILIYASU, ISAH IDRIS
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Abstract
The objective of the preparation of any tourism development master plan is to provide a
guide for a short, medium and long term development framework of the sector. Hence the
viability of the plan is explained by the success of the implementation programme and by
extension, describes the performance of the industry. In this study, a critique of the
implementation of the Abuja tourism development master plan was carried out. Observations
have indicated that, important components of the plan have not been implemented. This was
explained by the outcome of the assessment which shows that, physical development and
upgrading has scored 0.23, marketing and promotion has scored 0.19 and events products has
scored 0.20, while the overall score of the implementation programme was 0.62 points and
this indicates failure of the plan implementation. Several factors were identified explaining
the reasons for the failure of the plan implementation; these include: poor identification of
potentials, lack of private sector involvement, inadequate funding, technical shortcomings,
shortcomings associated with planning and implementation strategies, institutional
constraints of policy and laws, inadequate publicity and poor advertisement. The study
concluded with recommendations which include: the need to review the tourism master plan,
provision of adequate funding, formulation of Abuja tourism policy and enactment of tourism
laws; these would further enable tourism planners, policy makers and private sector
contribute immensely to the improvement of the planning and development of tourism sector
in the F.C.T.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. NIGERIA, IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
TOURISM AND RECREATION PLANNING
DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA.
MAY, 2012
Keywords
ASSESSMENT,, IMPLEMENTATION,, ABUJA, TOURISM,, DEVELOPMENT,, MASTER,, PLAN (2000 – 2010).