Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Sports
https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JTHS
<p>The journal is a peer-reviewed, international and interdisciplinary research journal.</p><p>The scope of the journal includes, but not limited to, cultural tourism, hospitality and event management, new technology and growth of tourism sector, tourism, development and sustainability, ecotourism, creative tourism, experiential tourism, sports industry, sports management, etc.</p><p>The journal also covers interdisciplinary research across the topics on development, education and sustainability.</p><p>IISTE is a member of <a href="http://www.crossref.org/01company/17crossref_members.html">CrossRef</a>.</p><p>The DOI of the journal is: https://doi.org/10.7176/JTHS</p><p> </p>en-USJournal of Tourism, Hospitality and SportsPendingFactors Influencing the Choice of Global Distribution Systems (GDSs) by Travel Agents in Nigeria
https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JTHS/article/view/62096
<p>The study investigates the transformative impact of Global Distribution Services (GDS) facilitated by information technology on the tourism industry, focusing on travel agents' adoption of these online platforms in Nigeria. The research involved a survey conducted in Lagos State, Nigeria. For the purpose of this research, 200 questionnaire were administered across selected travel agencies in Lagos state using simple random techniques. The study revealed a notable awareness and preference among travel agents for GDS platforms such as Amadeus and Galileo over alternatives like Wordspan and Sabre. The survey mainly targeted ticketing officers in travel agencies, primarily male individuals with HND/BSC educational backgrounds, and 6-10 years of industry experience, with 1-5 years at their current organizations. Interestingly, many respondents acquired awareness of their chosen GDS platforms through aviation schools and their employing travel agencies, emphasizing the importance of formal training. The selection of a GDS platform was significantly influenced by the respondents' workplace, with incentives and bonuses playing a pivotal role in platform subscription decisions. However, overall, the respondents expressed satisfaction with the services provided by their chosen GDS platforms, underscoring the positive impact of GDS adoption on enhancing communication and service provision within the Nigerian tourism industry.</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Consumer Choice, Internet, Travel Agents, Global Distribution System, Travel Agencies</p> <p><strong>DOI:</strong> 10.7176/JTHS/66-01</p> <p><strong>Publication date: </strong>January 31<sup>st</sup> 2024</p>Olajumoke O. OLASOJU66Ecotourism for Biodiversity Conservation and Maintaining Global Climate Changes: A Review from Global Prospective
https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JTHS/article/view/62097
<p>Climate change, assets, and surrounding troubles have aroused growing instructional interest across the world. In order to suppress the environmental surroundings, ecological civilization creation has been started the various countries in the world; therefore, The concepts of low carbon and ecological improvement have emerged. As a result, Ecotourism has become increasingly popular over the last decade, both with conservation and improvement groups searching out methods of producing profits from blanketed areas. This review paper intends to analyze the overall role of eco-tourism in biodiversity conservation and maintaining global climate change. The result indicated that the sustainable development of eco-tourism play an important role in protecting plant, animal, and microorganism, and maintaining global climate change through enhancing eco-friendly conservation. Moreover, the issue of climate change and Carbon footprints are a further addition to it. They have a look at recommendations for maximizing the capacity advantages of biodiversity conservation with the assistance of a “coexistence model”, i.e. community-based ecotourism (CBET). Furthermore, measuring the carrying capacity of ecotourism sites and providing vocational training to the unskilled nearby network will decorate the general performance of the ecotourism sector. Lastly, it might be a step beforehand to construct the right know-how about the position of eco-tourism and using eco-certification for a hit ecotourism business.</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Biodiversity, Ecotourism, Protected Area, Sustainable Development</p> <p><strong>DOI:</strong> 10.7176/JTHS/66-02</p> <p><strong>Publication date: </strong>January 31<sup>st</sup> 2024</p>Abdulkadir Mohammed66The Opportunities and Challenges of Protected Areas and Eco-tourism Development in Ethiopia
https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JTHS/article/view/62098
<p>Protected areas are protected area mainly designed for the protection and conservation of natural, historical and associated cultural resource. Ethiopia is endowed with the vast array of ecotourism resources including cultural, historical and natural resources which are ideal for the development of sustainable ecotourism ventures. Ethiopia depends heavily on protected areas (PAs) for wildlife and forest conservation. About 14% of the total land area of the country is covered by officially defined protected areas such as National park, wildlife sanctuary, wildlife reserve, and controlled hunting area, priority forest are and biosphere reserve. People out approach” protected area management to participatory protected area management, wildlife development, conservation and utilization proclamations, diversified floral and faunal species are major opportunities for PA management in Ethiopia. Even it has various opportunities in different part; the areas have been challenged largely by natural and human-induced constraints. The review revealed that grazing, expansion of farmland, cutting living tree, conflict, inadequate coordination among stakeholder are the major management problems of the PAs. Ecotourism use diverse nature, landscapes and biodiversity as major tourist attractions. Protected areas such as national parks are becoming major ecotourism sites.</p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Protected Area, Ecotourism, Flora, Fauna, Ethiopia</p> <p><strong>DOI:</strong> 10.7176/JTHS/66-03</p> <p><strong>Publication date: </strong>January 31<sup>st</sup> 2024</p>Abdulkadir Mohammed66Hospitality Management Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions and Perceived Challenges: A Case Study of Takoradi Technical University, Ghana
https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JTHS/article/view/62165
<p>One of the most noteworthy issues in Ghana is unemployment in almost all sectors including the hospitality sector. It has gotten to the point that university graduates typically must wait a long time before finding employment. Entrepreneurship has been identified as a potential solution to address unemployment and promote economic development. The study evaluated the factors that influence hospitality management students’ intentions to set up hospitality businesses, as well as their perceived challenges in setting up hospitality businesses after school considering the aforementioned. The findings of this study are significant for educational institutions, policymakers, and industry stakeholders in developing strategies to foster entrepreneurship among graduating students. The study adopted a descriptive survey method. A simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of two hundred (200) final year students from the Department of Hospitality Management in Takoradi Technical University for the study. The data was collected by means of questionnaires and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26. Among the key findings was that students plan to set up their own businesses after school, because they believe it would make them financially independent. They also perceived the challenge of accessing the necessary loans to start a business in Ghana. The study concludes that Hospitality Management students of Takoradi Technical University generally have entrepreneurial intentions and recommends that there should be start up programs and more entrepreneurship course training and extracurricular activities. These create a supportive context for entrepreneurship thereby enhancing students’ motivation and capabilities for starting their own hospitality businesses after school.</p> <p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Entrepreneurial intentions, unemployment, students’ perceptions, financial independence, hospitality education</p> <p><strong>DOI:</strong> 10.7176/JTHS/66-04</p> <p><strong>Publication date: </strong>February 28<sup>th</sup> 2024</p>Morris BrakoEudora Hagan66