Tourists’ Perception about the Development at Kot Diji Fort, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

This paper deals with the development of Kot Diji fort Khairpur, Sindh according to tourists’ perception, for that one questionnaire was designed. Before designing the questionnaire, some interviews and observation was done on the first place. First observation was done by visiting the fort for a few times to observe that what kind of facilities are being provided to the visitors and what facilities should be there. Secondly Interviews were taken from experts about the fort to collect the first hand data from the people who work there officially. And according to that data which was collected from observation and interviews, a questionnaire was designed and was filled from the visitors of the fort for the survey. The sampling size for the data collection was according to Morgan’s table so the figure was 384. So 384 responses were taken from the visitors. Because it were both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods the research type was hence mixed methodology. Then the survey analysed via various software. It concluded that the fort really need more development strategies to develop the fort and to catch more tourists. The government and concerned authorities must have a close eye on the development of the Kot Diji fort Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.