Urban Tourism and Its Development: Bishoftu Town Residents’ Perspective
| dc.contributor.advisor | Assefa, Engedawork (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abera, Genet | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-15T13:38:43Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T08:42:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-15T13:38:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T08:42:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main purpose of this study was to explore the perception of Bishoftu town residents' on the impacts of urban tourism and its development. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were employed to achieve the objective of the study. In order to make the perception of residents' more representative; random sampling procedure was used for selection of respondents from the residents. To check the validity and reliability of questionnaire, a pilot test using 20 respondents was also conducted and the result of Cronbach Alpha coefficient 0.806 higher than 0.7, which showed that research tool, was reliable. The questionnaire survey was employed on a sample size of 400 residents. However, 394 questionnaires were returned with important information. In addition, the unstructured questionnaire and interview were also used to collect other relevant data and to argument the survey. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency, percentage, factor analysis, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and correspondence analysis were used to analyze data. The result of factor analysis showed that three factors named as economic impacts, socio-cultural impacts and environmental impacts were explained 53.24% of variation in the perceptions of residents. The study also showed that majority of local communities agreed on positive perception to economic, environmental and socio-cultural impacts of urban tourism. However, most of the local residents and stakeholders were unaware of negative impact of urban tourism. MANOVA analysis indicated that, there was no significant difference between the mean of underlying dimensions of the perceived economic, environmental and socio-cultural impacts of urban tourism, and socio-demographic characteristics, whereas there was a significant difference between mean underlying dimensions and residents tourism attachment. In addition, the correspondence analysis result revealed that, most of the respondents who had positive perception on the overall impacts of tourism development were supporters of tourism development in Bishoftu town. Hence, development of tourism significantly contributes to town development. The concerned bodies and officials should take the issues into account while planning and device various measures such as giving training for tourism stake holders to create awareness on the overall negative impacts of urban tourism. Keywords: urban tourism, residents’ perception, tourism impacts, town development, Bishoftu town, Oromia, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/15132 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.title | Urban Tourism and Its Development: Bishoftu Town Residents’ Perspective | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |