Developing Rural Based Tourism As A Strategy For Rural Development In Nigeria

Abstract

Every developing country of the world is adopting one form of development
strategy or another to achieve the transformation of its economic structure or
attain national development. Nigeria, being one of the developing countries of the world is not left out in this global struggle. Therefore, this study adopted literature review with the aim of assessing tourism as a spring board for National development from the historical perspective. From the study, it was evident that tourism plays an indispensable role in national and local economies, particularly in terms of promotion of employment and foreign earnings. Based on this, it was recommended among others that Nigeria government should encourage rural base tourism development, since much of these natural and cultural resources that constitute our heritage and at the same time tourist attractions abound in the rural areas begging for attention.