Evaluating Sustainable Ecotourism Practices from the Integrated Perspective of Stakeholders; in Lekki Conservation Center

The development and promotion of economic growth of the specific tourism activities within that area, community engagement in protected areas, and community-based tourism management are crucial to that region's environmental sustainability. To determine how the local community can work with the management of the Lekki Conservation Center to successfully promote the center for the benefit of tourists and how their intention will result in revisiting intentions to the conservation center, the study sought to examine the parameters and measures of local community participation. For accurate observation of linked research, a variety of literature on the development of ecotourism, community-based tourism, stakeholder theories, and complexity in sustainability was evaluated. Furthermore, because the research was focused on respondents' perceptions, it tended to use a qualitative strategy for gathering data. To get further data for the study, the researchers used theoretical collaboration to provide through semi-structured interviews, the researcher's physical observation, and group discussions with the pertinent Respondents. The local community, the management of the conservation center, and the tourists were the subjects of the semi-structured interview, which was done in three stages. Tables representing the socioeconomic traits of the respondents and a picture of the conservation facility were used to examine the data. The outcome demonstrates that the majority of the local communities reasonably implemented community engagement in preserving the conservation center for the center and their safety. In terms of community involvement in decision-making, the findings indicate that residents were excluded from management decision-making. This occurred as a result of local communities' involvement in the illegal destruction of the conservation center's forest, which for a long time served as a barrier between them. The study advises and suggests that the management should assist the small and medium-sized enterprises in the area with funding to increase investments for visitor happiness, which would afterward directly benefit the conservation center. However, the study recommends management assist the local people with the biggest concerns of monkey infiltration into their homes to prevent a disease outbreak similar to the Ebola virus outbreak in east Africa.