Question 15
The table below shows an inflow of toruist visit to Erin-Ijesha waterfall in Osun State from January to June 2016.
Months |
No of tourists |
|
|
Adults |
Children |
January |
98 |
60 |
February |
55 |
70 |
March |
70 |
70 |
April |
80 |
60 |
May |
45 |
50 |
June |
95 |
55 |
- Calculate the mean of the adults that visited the Erin-Ijesha waterfall from January to June 2016.
- Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 20 tourists, show the adults and children data on a group bar chart.
- Outline three importance of tourist statistics to tourism industry.
This question was popular among the candidates. The candidates who attempted it performed well but some candidates couldn’t differentiate between different types of charts therefore used a wrong type of chart. Candidates were expected to provide the following answers to the question.
(a) The mean of the adults and children that visited Erin-Ijesha waterfall respectively
Adult mean: 98+55+70+80+45+95+70+80+90+98+95+100= 976 = 81.3
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Formula = 1 mark
Substitution = 1 mark
Answer =81 = 2 marks
(b) Awarding of marks for 15 (b) see the attached graph
Vertical scale = 1 mark
Horizontal scale = 1 mark
Title = 1 mark
Key = 1 mark
Correct representation of bars
(c) Importance of tourist statistics to tourism industry
- It helps in tourism planning
- It aids decision making by both public and private sector
- It defines the objectives of tourism development in policy formulation
- It helps to define public and private responsibility toward tourism
- It is vital in providing reliable data for financial projection
- It aids the development of marking strategy for tourism
- It ensures adequate measurement of economic impact of tourism
- Provides bases for comparison of tourism performance across region
- It serves as a monitoring instrument