THE IMPACTS OF SURFACE TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT TO TOURISM GROWTH
ABSTRACT
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. ROAD TRANSPORT IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT 3
2.1 Mutuality between Road Transport and Tourism Development 4
2.1.1 Cameroon: Road Distribution 6
2.2 Road Interconnectivity to other modes of transportation 11
2.2.1 Inter-road Connectivity 11
2.2.2 Connection to Airports 12
2.2.3 Connection to Railway Stations 13
2.2.4 Connections to Sea and River ports 13
2.3 Cameroons Strategic Position and Road Links to Neighbor Countries 14
2.4 The Trans-African Highway 16
2.5 Road Transport Quality and Quantity 16
2.6 Surface Transport modes and trends 18
2.7 Tourism and Road Transport Modeling 20
2.7.1. Highway Assignment Modeling 20
2.7.2 Traffic Forecast in Highway Assignment Models 21
2.7.3 Transport and Mode Choice Models 22
3. CAMEROON ROAD NETWORK AND FLOWS 23
3.1 Road Network Patterns 23
3.1.1 Circuit Network 24
3.1.2 Centre/Hierarchy Network 25
3.1.3 Paul Reveres Ride and Branching Networks 25
3.2 Road and Automobile Transport 26
3.3 Road Factors that Scares Tourists from Cameroon 28
3.4 Cameroons Need for Road Modeling 29
3.5 Rail lines Distribution 32
3.6 Accessibility to Opportunities 36
4. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ROLE IN TOURISM GROWTH 37
4.1 Alternative Transport Facilities 38
4.2 Transport Fares and Services 39
4.3 Effectiveness of Transport Infrastructure 40
4.4 The Problem of Road Maintenance in Cameroon 42
4.5 Road Infrastructure Development Impacts to Tourism Growth 43
4.5.1 Economic Impact 43
4.5.2 Socio-Cultural impacts 45
5. THE AIM OF THE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 47
5.1 Aim of Research 47
5.2 The Research Problem 48
5.3 Qualitative Research 48
5.4 Validity and Reliability 49
5.5 Presentation of Research and Results 50
5.5.1 Interview with Transport Agent 50
5.5.2 Interview with Professional Driver in Cameroon 54
5.5.3 Analysis of Interviews and recommendations 60
6. CONCLUSION 63 REFERENCES 65
APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2
LISTS OF TABLES AND GRAPHS TABLE
1. Road transport quality indices for Sub-Saharan Africa GRAPH 1. Paved roads distribution in Cameroon GRAPH 2. Section of Douala-Yaoundé road (2009) GRAPH 3. Inter-road connection on Douala-Yaoundé highway GRAPH 4. Africa Map: Location of Cameroon GRAPH 5. Circuit network GRAPH 6. Centre oriented/hierarchy network GRAPH 7a. Paul Reveres ride network GRAPH 7b. Branching network GRAPH 8. Section of Douala- Yaoundé auto route project GRAPH 9. Rail line distribution map of Cameroon