Effectiveness of Tourism Policy Implementation: The Perception of Stakeholders in Ogun State, Nigeria

Abstract Tourism policies are notably significant to effective utilization of environmental and human resources for economic prosperity and sustainable development. This study investigates the perception of tourism stakeholders on the effectiveness of tourism polices in meeting the objectives of tourism. Availability and convenient sampling techniques were employed in selecting 200 respondents from the study population in Ogun State, Nigeria and questionnaires were administered to them. Data were analysed using frequency counts, simple percentages, mean and standard deviations. Results revealed that tourism policy enhances the quality of tourists’ services (M=3.24; SD=0.664). Majority of the stakeholders were also of the perception that the objectives of tourism policy have been achieved to some extent and that this has given tourism its pride of place in the study area (M=3.14; SD=0.763) and thereby using tourism to improve the economy of the state (M=3.12; SD=0.708). The study also found that tourism policy can improved the quality of tourism services (M=3.17; SD=0.749) and can lead to increase in the establishment of more tourism centres (M=3.14; SD=0.780). The study concludes that majority of the stakeholders opines that Ogun State tourism policy has a very good impact on tourism development in the state