THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RURAL AND AGROTOURISM ON THE ECONOMY OF WEST AFRICAN RURAL FOLKS

Tourisms influence on local socioeconomic development is a key issue for West African countries. It is a key industry for national economic growth. The developmental mission of local governments emphasizes the importance of tourist research and local socioeconomic development. Even though tourism has gotten attention in a growing corpus of local socioeconomic development works in West African nations, concerns surrounding agrotourism have been disregarded thus far. Agrotourism is a developing kind of agricultural tourism aimed mostly at metropolitan customers. Consequently, the primary goal of this study was to determine how Agrotourism will affect the local economies of West African countries. There is also an examination of current studies on the economic impact of rural and agrotourism on the local economy. This research concludes by laying out the requirements for effective and sustainable rural tourism, with the ultimate objective of improving lives and, eventually, the economies of West African countries.