PAPER TITLE :ASSESSMENT OF GUIDED TOUR ON VISITORS’ BEHAVIOUR IN LEKKI CONSERVATION CENTRE, LAGOS STATE AND OSUN OSOGBO SACRED GROVE, OSOGBO, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

JOURNAL Of SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY | VOLUME 9 NUMBER 1 2018

Paper Details

  • Author(s) : SALAKO, T.E.; OYELEKE, O.O. and OGUNJINMI, A.A.
  • Abstract:

Impact of tour guides on biodiversity conservation in Lekki Conservation Centre
(LCC) and Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove (OOSG) was assessed. 379 questionnaires were administered
to visitors and all the tour guides in both sites were interviewed. Data were analysed using descriptive
and inferential tools. Result showed that the most preferred interpretive service was guided tour
with a mean value of (M=2.375) and (M=2.924) for LCC and OOSG respectively. It was also revealed
that 88.8% of the visitors in LCC became aware of conservation at the end of their tour and were
willing to protect and conserve the natural resources around them while only 18.2% of the visitors
in OOSG were aware of conservation after their tour. Results further showed that the visitors to
OOSG were not properly enlightened about environmental conservation during their tour. However,
they were taught about the culture and traditional values of the grove. The tour guides at LCC
displayed a better understanding of interpretation than the tour guides at OOSG. The study concluded
that, the tour guides should be properly trained on conservation and they should use the power of
tourism audiences to spread conservation messages around the globe.
Keywords: Environmental Interpretation, Interpretative services, Tour Guides.