Public-Private Partnership and Tourism Development in the Niger Delta Region

Abstract

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are usually adopted in most countries for developmental purposes and not on ideological ground. PPPs have been adopted in several sectors in Nigeria. This paper is an attempt to examine PPP and tuorism development in the Niger Delta region. The paper examines the conceptual and theoretical issues surrounding PPP and tourism development. Also, factors that militate against successful implementation and execution of PPP in Nigeria have been appraised in the paper.

Keywords: Public-private partnership, tourism development, Niger Delta, multinational oil companies (MNCs)