Impact of Accommodation Facilities on Tourism Development in Kabale District.
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2024
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Kabale University
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The study was about assessing the impact of accommodation facilities on tourism development in Kabale District. The study was guided by three objectives which were: to investigate the contribution of accommodation facilities in the growth of tourism in Kabale district, to identify the challenges facing the accommodation facilities on tourism development in Kabale District, to suggest possible measures to solve challenges facing the accommodation facilities on tourism development in Kabale District. A targeted population was fifty (50) respondents who were considered for the study. These included senior staff, Managers, and Tourists. Both simple random and purposive sampling techniques in identifying the study sample population. The methods that were used in data collection included surveys, observations, and interviews. Data collected was edited, coded, entered into the computer, and analyzed with Excel, a Microsoft statistical package, the results were presented in tables. According to the findings, 100% of the respondents agreed that there were several contributions of hotels in the growth of tourism in Kabale district and among others included, Tourist hotels have helped the expansion of many economies around Kabale district, they provide a spirit of hospitality that exceeds their guests’ expectations, good tourist hotels that serves the tourists' purpose of visit, hotels and Tourism have long been considered an effective catalyst of rural socio-economic development and regeneration. From objective three, the study showed that there are several measures to solve challenges facing the accommodation facilities in tourism development and these included housekeeping challenges in hotels need to be managed well, give guests easier ways to communicate with the front desk, capture more guest information at check-in, hiring and retaining the staff, offer guests mobile check-in experiences, offer upsells & room upgrades in a convenient, consider implementing useful cost-saving strategies at the hotel.
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Impact, Accommodation Facilities, Tourism Development, Kabale District
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Ashaba, Praise (2024). Impact of Accommodation Facilities on Tourism Development in Kabale District. Kabale: Kabale University.