Urbanization’s Impacton the Development of Tourism in Nigeria: A Case Study of Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria

Abstract

Urbanization and Tourism are two concepts that both have impact on the development of an area, and both having impact on each other- urbanization influencing tourism, and tourism influencing urbanization. For this study, the researcher tested the relationship between urbanization and tourism development using Eti-Osa Local Government area of Lagos State. To carryout this study, the researcher collected primary data through a questionnaire which was administered at the study area. The population for this study is the residents of the Local Government Area, from the population, a sample was drawn using convenient sampling. The researcher was able to distribute 107 questionnaires, and retrieved 100. The data was analysed using both descriptive and statistical analysis. The result of the finding states that there is no relationship between urbanization and tourism development of Eti-Osa Local Government Area.