Tourism and local development : Hubert Dossou-Yovo sheds light on Pahou

Reflections on the commune of Ouidah, in terms of tourism, have often been focused on the eponymous city. Lighthouse of the city of Kpassè due to its remains linked to the slave trade, Ouidah has almost always overshadowed the various potentialities abounding in the outskirts, in this case the districts like Avlékété, Savi, Gakpé and Pahou. The National Order of Dental Surgeons of Benin carried out a control mission on Thursday ”injustice” is about to be fixed thanks to a book called ”Tourist look at the district of Pahou, Ouidah commune”.

”Tourist look at the district of Pahou, Ouidah commune” is the successful result of a study initiated by Research Consultant Hubert O. Dossou-Yovo with the financial support of the second Deputy Mayor of the City of Ouidah. Condensed from 75 pages (legal deposit at the National Library of Benin in January 2024), the book presents the potential tourist sites of the district of Pahou, one of the largest and most populated in the commune of Ouidah. With appropriate illustrations, the researcher spread, with meticulousness, the various tourist circuits to promote and explore for the tourist emergence of the said district. And bonus, Hubert Olivier Dossou-Yovo added technical suggestions, indispensable, to initiate the tourist development of the district. His goal, lift the veil on this rich, ignored tourist potential in order to open the doors to development initiatives for the well-being of the local community and the emergence of the entire commune of Ouidah.

Perspectives…

The content of this work will serve as a technical basis for the training of eco-guides to be used in the tourist field in Pahou. Periodically, these will be recycled on the guidance and the importance of conserving the environment projects the researcher into his vision. This book will also serve to inform those responsible for tourism and travel agencies about the tourist potential available to the district of Pahou..

…And already interest

by comb, the idea thrown, it garnered good support. eh yes ! The production of this scientific document, which displays the tourist potential of Pahou, has the financial support of Sabine Fourn, 2è Deputy Mayor of the city of Ouidah, native of Pahou whose neighborhood bears the name of her family Fourn Codji. Asked about her commitment alongside the researcher, the Second Deputy Mayor of the city of Ouidah said that “This scientific work is a fundamental basis from which the entire municipality must draw inspiration to initiate the tourist emergence of all the districts of Ouidah,” she said. entrusts. The author, Hubert Olivier Dossou-Yovo is an Agricultural Engineer and Consultant specializing in natural resource management, biodiversity and sustainable tourism development. Member of the Applied Ecology Laboratory of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Abomey-Calavi since 2007, he is the author of several scientific publications.

 Arnaud ACAKPO (Coll)