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The Impact of Calabar Marina Resort and Implication to Tourism and Hospitality Development

Received: 14 December 2021    Accepted: 20 January 2022    Published: 14 June 2022
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Abstract

Resort development has been a major economy drived of many nations. The paper x-rays the impact of the Calabar marina resort to hospitality and tourism development. Cross River in an attempt to diversify the economy of the state developed several resorts to mention, but a few include Obudu mountain resort, Tinapa resort as well as Marina resort located in Old Calabar. The resort is situated together with the slave history museum, which gives a clear picture and detailed history of how slave were traded in ancient time and take their route through the marina. The specific objectives to achieve is the positive and negative impact of marina resort (economic, social, and financial). The various services offered in Marina Resort and their implication to tourism development include merry-go, game nation, water-view lounge, ship-anchor, barbeque, photo studio, cinema as we as slave history museum etc. The findings revealed that marina resorts have a lot of implications to the nation and state economy. The study adopted the qualitative research method, where knowledgeable people were interviewed as key informants. Henceforth, the development of Marina Resort has been widely seen as an opportunity to provide the antidote for development, job creation and diversifying the economic growth of the state.

Published in International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijhtm.20220601.13
Page(s) 19-23
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Keywords

Marina Resort, Tourism, Hospitality Resort Development

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    Ajoma Simon Okwoche. The Impact of Calabar Marina Resort and Implication to Tourism and Hospitality Development. Int J Hosp Tour Manag. 2022;6(1):19-23. doi: 10.11648/j.ijhtm.20220601.13

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  • Department of Archaeology and Tourism, Faculty of Art, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria

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