The Imp Act Of Eco-tourism On Local Communities In National Parks: A Case Study Of Mt. Elgon National Park, Uganda

Tourism is the fastest growing industry, which offers massive advantages to both the local and global society. The industly contributes annually over four thousand (4,000) billion Dollars of economic activities all over the world and it creates vast job opportunities whereby one out of every five employees in the global labour force aTe employed (Fayissa et a/.,2007). High growth in the tourism industry continues to have an enormous impact on economic development in many areas as it acts as a stimulus for economic growth. Moreover, economic development of the countries enhances growth of the t…