British Journal of Arts and Social Sciences ISSN: 2046-9578, Vol.11 No.II (2013) ©BritishJournal Publishing, Inc. 2013 http://www.bjournal.co.uk/BJASS.aspx 174 Potential Roles of Landscaping in Sustainable Tourism Development in Nigeria: A Multivariate Analysis Ayeni, Dorcas A Department of Architecture, School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria Email: dorcasayeni2@yahoo.com Tel: +2348037006788 Abstract Tourism as widely acknowledged by various researchers has huge financial gains and several other benefits. These benefits notwithstanding, tourism potentials in Nigeria remain largely unexploited and unattractive. Research has shown that Nigeria is richly endowed with varieties of natural and cultural resources, ranging from natural scenery, historical relics and a diversity of cultural attractions; nevertheless, many of the attractions in Nigeria are faced with challenges of supporting and enhancing tourism infrastructure. Globally, tourist destinations with beautiful and attractive scenery are known to create pleasing experience for tourist. Thus landscaping plays a vital role in enhancing tourist destinations. Combining the review of relevant literature and quantitative method of data collection, the study discussed landscaping in relation to tourism development. It reports finding from a research on landscaping and developed a linear model through multiple regression analysis for the prediction of the role landscaping would play in sustainable tourism development in Nigeria. The finding also revealed the regression coefficient of the predictor variables which describes the values by which the dependent variable would change as a result of a unit change in any of the predictor variables. The study therefore concludes that landscaping would be of immense benefit in sustainable tourism development in Nigeria. Keywords: Landscaping, Multiple Regression, Nigeria, Sustainable Tourism