BY JOSHUA SEBU INTRO Ghana is blessed with several tourist sites These include national parks waterfalls caves hills castles botanical gardens etc Most of these sites are natural ID: 795709
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SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF DOMESTIC TOURISTS IN GHANA
BY
JOSHUA SEBU
Slide2INTRO
Ghana is blessed
with
several tourist sites
These include national parks, waterfalls, caves, hills, castles, botanical
gardens,
etc.
Most of these sites are natural
These natural tourist sites are still in their raw state yet to be developed to enhance its value as a tourist site.
Slide3INTRO
Tourism contributes to the development of an economy through the provision
foreign exchange
Employment
Income
Development of tourism communities and facilities, etc.
In 2005, US$836.09 thousand dollars was received as foreign exchange increasing to US$1,875.0 million dollars in 2010. (
Ohene-Ayeh
, 2012) (Director of corporate affairs,
GTA
).
Slide4INTRO
The fact remains that international tourist arrivals to tourist sites in Ghana far surpasses that of domestic tourists.
According to
GSS
(2008), over 97% of Ghanaians hardly visit tourist sites.
This rather reduces benefits that could be obtained from their visits.
Slide5INTRO
According to
Akyea
(2009) among the excuses given by Ghanaians for not visiting tourist sites included
Lack of funds
No time to travel
Among these excuses my students also added that
There
are
no
organisation
of such
tours
Gate fees are expensive, among others
Slide6INTRO
Fact sheet from
GTA
indicate rising trend in domestic tourism
By the end of 2010, total arrivals to tourist sites by Ghanaians was 659,325 with an accompanying total revenue of GH¢1,407,444.99.
According to
Ohene-Ayeh
(2012) this was
a
greater improvement in domestic tourism over the past five years.
Slide7Objective
The study therefore seeks to explore the
socio-demographic
characteristics of domestic
tourists
in Ghana.
Specifically the study will
answer
s questions like
Where
domestic tourists
are
going?
Where they are coming
from?
What was the main purpose of their
visit?
Slide8Methodology
The study uses data from the last round of the
GLSS
(
GLSS
5) collected in 2005.
The
sample includes only domestic tourist site visitors totaling 328 individuals out of 37,128.
The results are weighted to take care of the disproportionate sampling.
Exploring the data through descriptive analysis to answer the above questions
Slide9Results
Same day visitors were 214, overnight visitors were 127, whiles 13 were overlapping
57.3% males, 42.7% females
Mean age was 28 years with a standard deviation of 14.9
About 95.46% have had some level of education
Average real income of visitors was GHȼ639.42 whiles non visitors was GHȼ422.80 showing a 34% difference between the two.
A T-test showed a significant difference (p=0.000)
Slide10Same day
Same day
Overnight
Overnight
Freq
Weighted percent
Freq
Weighted percent
Funeral
19
7.75
20
16.55
Marriage ceremony
5
2.81
2
1.45
Birthday parties
3
1.72
3
3.00
Open days
-
-
1
0.39
Business/Professional
17
8.06
8
5.75
Holidays/Vacation/Leisure
52
25.46
12
7.19
Visiting
family/Friends
39
16.76
53
42.29
Convention/Conference/workshop
2
1.12
11
10.47
Religious/Pilgrimage
10
3.60
1
0.86
Government
affair
2
1.08
-
-
Studies
3
1.38
4
3.55
Teaching
-
-
1
0.97
Health
1
0.30
-
-
Sports/Recreation
13
8.43
2
2.05
Other
6
3.14
2
0.95
Missing System
42
18.39
7
4.51
Total
214
100.0
127
100.0
Slide11Same day tourist site visited
Frequency
Weighted percent
cape coast castle
22
9.4
elmina castle
10
4.5
kumasi zoo
32
15.4
accra zoo
16
8.7
shai hills reource reserve
3
1.6
aburi botanical gardens
9
4.2
kakum national park
33
13.8
mole national park
6
2.0
ankasa wildlife resource reserve
1
0.4
kwame nkrumah mausoleum
2
1.4
akosombo dam
1
0.5
digyae national park
1
0.3
wui water falls
7
2.7
boti water falls
18
9.6
47
1
0.3
amedzofe
2
0.8
boabeng-fiema monkey sanctuary
2
0.9
tongo hills
1
0.5
paga crocodile pond
1
0.2
bobiri forest and butterfly sanctuary,nobewam
1
0.6
kintampo waterfalls
4
1.6
lake bosomtwe
15
7.4
other (specify)
26
13.0
Total
214
100
Slide12Over night tourist site visited
Frequency
Weighted percent
cape coast castle
15
10.8
elmina castle
11
8.8
kumasi zoo
19
12.9
accra zoo
12
8.7
aumatsa
resource reserve
1
1.0
aburi botanical gardens
3
1.9
kakum national park
15
14.6
mole national park
1
1.0
kwame nkrumah mausoleum
5
4.2
manhyia palace,kumasi
1
0.9
kalakpa resource reserve
1
0.7
kogyae strict nature reserve
1
0.5
wui water falls
2
0.6
boti water falls
6
5.6
amedzofe
5
3.2
paga crocodile pond
2
1.2
kintampo waterfalls
2
2.3
lake bosomtwe
6
5.0
other (specify)
19
16.2
Total
127
100.0
Slide13Same day
Western
Central
G. Accra
Volta
Eastern
Ashanti
B. Ahafo
Northern
U. East
U. West
Total
Cape Coast
20.0
15.3
15.3
11.5
31.4
5.5
1.0
100.0
Elmina castle
35.1
19.9
13.5
11.9
19.5
100.0
Kumasi zoo
3.6
1.9
71.6
17.1
4.7
0.9
100.0
Accra zoo
8.1
6.1
24.7
7.7
29.8
23.6
100.0
Shai hills
29.9
46.6
23.5
100.0
Aburi gardens
72.5
14.6
13.0
100.0
Kakum park
20.2
29.9
14.2
10.8
22.2
2.0
0.7
100.0
mole national park
46.8
38.3
14.9
100.0
Ankasa wildlife
100.0
100.0
Kwame Nkrumah m
100.0
100.0
Akosombo dam
100.0
100.0
Digyae park
100.0
100.0
Wui water falls
96.4
3.6
100.0
Boti water falls
21.2
10.6
68.2
100.0
Amedzofe
62.4
37.6
100.0
Boabeng-fiema monkey
54.5
45.5
100.0
Tongo hills
100.0
100.0
Paga
crocodile
100.0
100.0
Bobiri forest
100.0
100.0
Kintampo waterfalls
68.0
32.0
100.0
Lake bosomtwe
7.4
92.6
100.0
Other
32.1
8.8
4.5
20.1
30.3
2.9
1.1
100.0
Total
8.1
12.0
12.7
4.8
16.3
34.5
8.9
1.6
0.2
0.9
100.0
Slide14overnight
Western
Central
G. Accra
Volta
Eastern
Ashanti
B. Ahafo
Northern
U. East
U. West
Total
Cape Coast
cast
41.0
22.0
22.0
14.9
100.0
Elmina castle
34.7
6.9
26.3
29.1
2.8
100.0
Kumasi zoo
7.6
21.8
21.2
12.1
35.0
2.3
100.0
Accra zoo
16.9
22.4
8.4
41.8
6.9
3.6
100.0
Aumatsa reserve
100.0
100.0
Aburi gardens
38.3
61.7
100.0
kakum national park
6.7
81.4
5.4
6.5
100.0
mole
park
100.0
100.0
kwame
nkrumah
59.7
17.6
22.7
100.0
Manhyia palace
100.0
100.0
Kalakpa reserve
100.0
100.0
Kogyae
nature
reserve
100.0
100.0
Wli
water falls
71.3
28.7
100.0
Boti water falls
34.2
65.8
100.0
Amedzofe
15.7
84.3
100.0
Paga
pond
22.9
77.1
100.0
Kintampo waterfalls
42.1
57.9
100.0
Lake bosomtwe
54.9
45.1
100.0
Other (specify)
16.2
12.3
5.4
3.7
49.7
4.7
4.0
2.3
1.7
100.0
Total
10.1
13.0
11.7
4.9
14.3
29.4
9.5
3.4
2.6
1.2
100.0
Slide15Packaged trip
Same day
Same day
Overnight
Overnight
Frequency
Weighted percent
Frequency
Weighted percent
packaged tour
57
27.9
20
15.0
self arranged
109
51.0
97
76.6
other
7
3.3
3
3.9
Total
173
82.1
120
95.5
Missing System
41
17.9
7
4.5
Total
214
100.0
127
100.0
Slide16Sponsored trip
Same day
Same day
Overnight
overnight
Frequency
Weighted Percent
Frequency
Weighted percent
self-sponsorship
105
48.9
80
63.9
household member
49
24.6
27
20.4
private organisation
7
2.8
2
2.2
government international organisation
5
2.0
6
4.6
other
1
0.6
1
2.1
6
6
3.3
4
2.4
Total
173
82.1
120
95.5
Missing System
41
17.9
7
4.5
Total
214
100.0
127
100.0
Slide17Accommodation stayed in by overnight visitors
Frequency
Percent
Weighted percent
Hotel (other lodging services)
9
7.1
7.3
Guest house
3
2.4
2.0
Health establishments
3
2.4
3.2
Educational institutions
10
7.9
8.3
Holiday resorts
1
0.8
0.4
Tourist camp sites
1
0.8
0.7
Friends'/relative's residence
70
55.1
57.0
Private home
13
10.2
8.8
Other (specify)
3
2.4
1.8
Total
113
89.0
89.5
Missing System
14
11.0
10.5
Total
127
100.0
100
Slide18Conclusion
Income of domestic sites visitors are greater than non-visitors
Visits
to these tourist sites were a secondary matter and not
the
main motive for travelling to areas endowed with these
tourist
sites.
Places mostly visited included
Kakum
National park, Kumasi zoo and cape coast castle.
Majority of domestic visitors were from the Ashanti region.
Visits were mostly self-arranged and also self sponsored.
Slide19Recommendations
Income levels of individuals when increased might encourage domestic tourism.
GTA
and other tourism agents should develop these tourist sites especially the least visited to encourage increased domestic visits.
Intensified education and marketing should be carried out to encourage those who visit areas with tourist sites to visit these sites.
Future research on regional disparities could be done to find out the factors influencing more visits by some regions than others.
Slide20THANK YOU