Authors:
Gihozo Josephine, V. Pradeep, Aishwarya Kamanaluri
Addresses:
Department of Business Administration and Finance, Institut Supérieur de Technologies, Ouagadougou, Kadiogo Province, Burkina Faso. Department of Business Administration, Dhaanish Ahmed College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Department of Business Analytics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
This study aimed to examine the role of the tourism industry in fostering economic development in the vicinity of Volcanoes National Park, with a specific focus on poverty reduction. An appropriate methodology was employed to guarantee the attainment of the findings. The Kinigi sector that was studied had a total of 2340 households in the two cells (Bisoke and Nyonirima). A statistical formula was used to choose a sample of 100 respondents. A random sampling method was used to get this sample because the population was all the same and everyone in these two cells had the same chance of being chosen. In this case, the heads of households were the people who were supposed to answer. A core-periphery factor was taken into account, and two cells were chosen. Bisoke cell is close to VNP, and Nyonirima is a little farther away from VNP. The research had both broad and narrow goals. The findings were gathered in line with these objectives, and both primary and secondary data demonstrated that the projects executed around VNP contributed to poverty alleviation in the community. So far, the groups that these community members have formed to help each other have helped them get out of poverty. People built electric grids, houses for people who needed them, and roads and bridges.
Keywords: Tourism Business; Poverty Alleviation; Financial Development; World Economy; Developing Economies; Volcanoes National Park; Tourism Industry; Local Communities; Infrastructure Problems.
Received: 18/08/2024, Revised: 11/10/2024, Accepted: 19/01/2025, Published: 09/12/2025
DOI: 10.64091/ATIML.2025.000221
AVE Trends in Intelligent Management Letters, 2025 Vol. 1 No. 4 , Pages: 178-186