Developing Rural Based Tourism As A Strategy For Rural Development In Nigeria

Every developing country> of the world is adopting one form of development strategy or another to achieve the transformation of its economic structure or attain national development. Nigeria, being one of the developing countries of the world is not left out in this global struggle. Therefore, this study adopted literature review with the aim of a ssessing tourism as a spring boardfor National development from the historical perspective. From the study, it was evident that tourism plays an indispensable role in national and local economies, particularly in terms ofpromotion of employment andforeign earnings. Based on this, it was recommended among others that Nigeria government should encourage rural base tourism development, since much of these natural and cultural resources that constitute our heritage and at the same time tourist attractions abound in the rural areas begging for attention.