Generally, most studies on volunteer tourism have placed an emphasis on motivations and experiences of participants ignoring a significant component of tourism —accommodation. This paper is an attempt to unravel accommodation ...

It is almost axiomatic to state that a destination's image determines to a large extent its allure and subsequently. Its level of patronage. Though image can be formed either by a marketing agency or from the experiences ...

The re-emerging acceptance of tourism as a pathway to development has culminated in widespread adoption of the trade by many poor countries. Ghana is one such country and, over the past three decades, has sought to use ...

Although there is much literature on the Transatlantic Slave Trade (TAST) and those concerning residents’ perceptions of tourism development, it can be suggested that there remains a significant knowledge gap regarding ...

Community-based ecotourism (CBE) is seen as a viable model for achieving conservation and improved livelihoods for park-fringe communities. In view of that, many communities in Ghana, including Mesomagor, have embraced the ...

Government policies to support women’s empowerment in tourism through sustainable human capital management (HCM) is an emerging research theme. Tourism policies can contribute significantly to African women’s empowerment ...

Community participation which is a bottom-up approach by which communities are actively involved in projects to solve their own problems, has been touted by various stakeholders as a potent approach to ecotourism development ...

The “greening” of the hospitality industry is currently a topic receiving a high amount of attention in the accommodation sector of the tourism industry due to research, in academia and industry alike, identifying “green” ...

The study examined guests’ expectations and perceptions of service quality in hotels in Accra and the differences between their expectations and perceptions of service quality (service quality gaps). The study used the ...

This study explores the factors that account for the environmental performance of hotels in the special context of a developing country, Ghana. It also examined the socio-demographic characteristics of managers and ...