Cyber Crime and Underdevelopment of Tourism Industry in Nigeria

Abstract

The issue of cybercrime and development of tourism industries in Nigeria is a critical area that
have attracted plethora of public attention especially as it undermines the image of Nigeria.
Tourism in Nigeria as an industry, perhaps more than any other, have fully and steadily
embraced e-commerce in business and enabled the industry(travel and hospitality) to grow
rapidly. Sadly though, it is the most targeted by cybercriminal and activities of cybercrimes.
The availability of tourist locations and tourism industries in Nigeria have attracted persons
involved in cybercrime, and perhaps most tourists will fall victim. Hospitality industries will
collapse as a result of low patronage. This will spell doom for the tourism industries and
consequently the economy of Nigeria. Hence, it becomes logical that this paper reviewed
content wise cybercrime and underdevelopment of tourism industries in Nigeria. This paper
utilized both the quantitative and qualitative research approach to gain an insight into the
nature of cybercrime and underdevelopment of tourism industries in Nigeria. The paper noted
that in Nigeria, tourism industry have contributed about 4.8% to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic
Product in 2016 and have employed about 1.6% of Nigerians. The paper also revealed from
the content review wise that of the 15 cybercrimes, ATM fraud, yahoo attack and phishing is
the cyber-attacks that have been targeted at tourist in Nigeria. The paper also has revealed the
impact of unemployment and availability of industries on youth engagement in cybercrime.