AN EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF A NATIONAL TOURISM ORGANISATION: NIGERIA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2012, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
This paper focuses on the performance of the activities of National Tourism Organisation in developing countries and of particularly interest is the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation(NTDC) as a policy organ in tourism planning and development in Nigeria. This paper attempts an evaluation of its functions and impacts using SWOT Analysis by examining the growth rate of tourism in the country. The study reveals that the Nigeria main tourism policy thrust body is bedeviled with certain challenges and threat in facilitating the continued development of an economic and environmentally sustainable and spatially balanced tourism sector, through formulating, monitoring and reviewing a range of supporting policies and programmes within the framework of the National Development plan, MDGs ,NEEDS, etc Keywords: Tourism, Policy, Planning, Development, SWOT Analysis, NTDC, Nigeria.
Authors and Affiliations
Ajadi,Bolakale Saheed| Department Of Geography Kwara State Polytechnic,Ilorin Kwara State
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