Tourism Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2017

Question 12

  1. List four components of tourism statistics.

The table below shows an inflow of tourists into the National Museum, Lagos and Ikogosi Warm Spring from 2011 to 2015.


S/N

Year

Number of Tourists

National Museum, Lagos

Ikogosi Warm Spring

1

2011

650

600

2

2012

750

400

3

2013

900

650

4

2014

860

500

5

2015

1000

850

  1. Calculate the average number of tourists that visited the National Museum, Lagos from 2011 to 2015.
  2. Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 200 tourists on y-axis, show the tourists visits to National museum, Lagos and Ikogosi Warm Spring in a group bar chart.

 

This statistical question was poorly answered by the candidates who attempted it. The components of tourism statistics are:

  • inflow
  • outflow
  • tourist expenditure
  • tourism sector statistics
  • employment statistics
  • accommodation statistics
  • tourist profile statistics

The graph was poorly drawn by some candidates. Improvement can only come through practice.