Optimal route for selected tourist sites in the Kwahu Zone of Eastern Region of Ghana
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2014-11-20
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Abstract
Tourism is becoming more than an economic venture with increasing travels for
leisure. Various interventionist approaches have been adopted to improve the
tourism sector in Ghana including constructing roads and leisure centres. In this
thesis, a mathematical model for nding an optimal route for selected tourist
sites in the Kwahu zone of Ghana. The study found out the possible implications
of the optimal route on the cost of embarking on leisure travels in the Kwahu
zone of Ghana. The distances between the tourist sites were thus determined.
The grid points of the sites were also taken and recorded. Genetic Algorithm was
applied to the data set and the study revealed that the total minimum distance
for the selected tourist sites is One Hundred and Forty-Seven and two { tenth
(147.2) kilometres. The study also showed that with this optimal route, the total
cost of touring the sites would be signi cantly reduced. This consequently will
make resources available to the tourists.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Mathematics,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
in
partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree
of M.Sc Industrial Mathematics, 2014