Recreational facilities and tourism development in Uganda:

Abstract

This study examined the role of recreational facilities on the development tourism. The study was guided by the following objectives notably, to find out the effect of safety and security on tourism development, to find out the effect of physical infrastructures on tourism development and to find out the effect of promotion and marketing towards tourism development in Uganda. The study used a descriptive and quantitative approach. Data was collected from a target population of 100 of employees with accessible unit of 70 employees of Kabira Country Club, using simple random and purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected with the aid of closed ended questionnaire and Statistical Packages for Social Sciences was employed for analyzing data from which frequency tables, descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), reliability, validity, correlation, and regression results were obtained. The study findings revealed that there is a positive and a significant effect of safety and security on tourism development, physical infrastructures on tourism development and promotion and marketing on tourism development. The study, recommends that efforts to improve on the development of tourism depends on recreational facilities (safety and security, physical infrastructures and promotion and marketing). Finally, the study concludes that there is a strong predictive power that the dimensions of recreational facilities contribute towards enhancing the development of tourism in kabira country club.