Contribution of tourism to the reduction of youth income poverty: a case of Moshi District, Tanzania
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Date
2013
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
The study aimed at assessing the contribution of the tourism sector in reducing youth
income poverty in Moshi District. The study was guided by three research questions
focusing on perceptions of youth on being employed in the tourism sector, effectiveness
of the tourism sector in reducing youth income poverty and challenges facing youth from
accessing tourism income. The study was conducted in Marangu area in Moshi District
Kilimanjaro Tanzania. A cross sectional research design was adopted to collect
information on how the tourism sector contributes to the reduction of youth income
poverty. Data were collected from 120 respondents who were hoteliers, tour guides, tour
operators, porters, sculptors and sellers in the tourism sector. The respondents were
obtained through purposive and simple randomly sampling techniques. Primary data were
collected using a questionnaire, focus group discussions and key informant interviews.
Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software was used to analyse the collected
data in which descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were computed. Findings from
the study show that the tourism sector contributed to poverty alleviation among the youth
employed in the sector. Paired-samples t-test analysis revealed a significant (P< 0.001)
difference average level of 5% between income gained by the youth before and after
joining the tourism sector. Although the tourism sector is contributing to youth’s income
poverty reduction there are still some challenges facing the youth who work in the sector.
The study recommends that more efforts should be done for the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Tourism to make sure that the sector is contributing more.
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The Degree of Master of Arts in Rural Development
Keywords
Tourism, Youth income poverty, Poverty reduction-youth, Moshi District, Tanzania