Tourism Revenue Sharing on Poverty Alleviation around National Parks of Rwanda: A Case of Volcanoes National Park

Tushabe Emmy – University of Tourism, Technology and Business Studies,Rwanda Email:tushabemmy@gmail.com

Received December 15, 2019; Revised April 21, 2020; Accepted April 26, 2020

Abstract: This study sought to examine the role of Tourism revenue sharing in reducing poverty around national parks of Rwanda using mixed research design of quantitative and qualitative techniques. The study found out that revenue sharing from tourism contributes to poverty reduction, income generating activities, provides employment opportunities, infrastructural development and environmental protection. However,it experiences some challenges such as insufficient funding, poor managerial skills of TRS beneficiaries, poor planning and lack of effective involvement of beneficiaries in decision making. The study concludes that the project of sharing revenue has played a very vital role in poverty alleviation. The study recommends that government of Rwanda should work hand in hand with the local people in formation of cooperatives,which will help in catering for their basic needs and engage also in small medium enterprises which will create employment opportunities for them and much more emphasis on vocational training to improve competences in skills, knowledge and attitude.