Mass tourism in Nigeria
Introduction Tourism has been defined variously by various scholars over the years to include the business of travel for leisure, recreation and or research; however for the purpose of this paper the definition put forward by Aremu 2001 will be used. According to him; “tourism can be defined as the science, art, and business of attracting and transporting visitors, accommodating them and catering for their needs and wants. The entire world industry of travel, hotels, transportation, and all other components including promotion, serves the needs and wants of travelers. Tourism today has been given new meaning, and it is primarily a term in economics referring to an industry” (McIntosh et al, 1977, Aremu D.A 2001). From the above given definition mass tourism would therefore involve, the large scaled efforts of governments and peoples of a country towards establishing, providing and maintaining tourism and tourism enhancement services. Nigeria has enormous and widely spread qu