Environmental Implications of Tinapa Business Resort Development on the Catchment Communities, Nigeria.

Abstract

This paper seeks to x-ray the environmental implications of Tinapa Business Resort development on Ecosystem of catchment communities. Three communities were used in this study which includes Adiabo, Esuk-Utan and Ikot Ansa. However, three hundred questionnaires were used of which one hundred were administered to residents in each community using random sampling techniques. Findings from the data collected shows that biodiversity and prostitution were the major environmental implications of Tinapa Business Resort development in the area which was also evidenced in the tested hypotheses which shows no significant mean variation between the  two variables in the three communities. It is on this note that adequate measures must be put in place by the various agencies in tourism industry so as to avert the problems associated with tourism development in the area

Keywords: Catchment, Communities, Ecosystem, Resort, Tinapa.