Specialisation Preferences and Perceived Motivation in Ecotourism and Wildlife Management Programme
Methodology The Study Area The study area was Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Southwest, Nigeria. The state lies between latitudes 50 45' and 70 N and longitudes 4020' and 60 E. Its land area is about 15,500 square kilometres (UNAAB-IFSERAR, 2010) (Figure 1). The study was conducted in the Department of Ecotourism and Wildlife Management, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. The Department is the first Department to offer ecotourism management programme in Nigeria and was established in 2007 through the splitting of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Management into Ecotourism and Wildlife Management and Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology. However, the Department took off with 45 students in 2008/2009 academic session.
