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Socio-economic Impacts of Tourism Development: An Empirical Study on Cox’s Bazar

Asian Journal of Business and Management

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Title Socio-economic Impacts of Tourism Development: An Empirical Study on Cox’s Bazar
 
Creator Ali, Md. Borak
 
Subject Tourism
Cox’s Bazar
Socio-economic impacts
Employment
and Standard of living
 
Description This study determines socio-economic impacts of tourism in Bangladesh. Cox’s Bazar is chosen for the study area. Two hundred respondents were randomly selected as sample from the spot. A self-administered structural questionnaire was used to collect data. There were 36 items in the questionnaire to collect data on socio-cultural impacts of tourism. Questionnaire also contained demographic variables. Data were collected over five days on the spot. Face-to-face interview method was applied to collect data. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to arrive the results. Findings show that tourism development has wide socio-economic impact of a region. It contributes to infrastructural development, cultural impact, standard of living, occurrence of crime and cultural exchange. These results signify the need for tourism industry in a country. 
 
Publisher Asian Online Journals
 
Date 2013-10-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJBM/article/view/567
 
Source Asian Journal of Business and Management; Vol. 1 No. 4 (2013): October 2013
2321-2802
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJBM/article/view/567/314