TOURISM & HOSPITALITY TOPICS

ABSTRACT

This project is aimed at designing an Online Tourism Management System (Case Study of Niger State Tourism Corporation). Tourism is very important to the growth of every Nation’s economy. There is an existing manual tourism management system in use, which handles the management of the activities in the tourism corporation, but this system is affected by a couple of problems such as: slow response to bookings and inquiries, poorly detai...

​​​​​​​Background of the study

 In recent times, small and medium scale business has been a major source of revenue to most urban dwellers in Nigerian cities. World Tourism Organization (2016) has pointed out that hotels are now regarded as one of the best monuments in developed and developing countries of world. First class hotels in Abuja, Lagos, Port-Harcourt, Calabar, Kano, Kaduna, etc now rank one of the best tourist attractions in Africa. This is evidence...

Abstract

The study aimed at assessing the effect of hospitality and tourism industry on employment rate. The population for the study was three hundred (300). From this, a sample size of one hundred and twenty individuals were drawn using the Tara Yamane formula for random sampling. The instrument used for data collection was structured questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered on the workers of Nocbul hotel and tourism, Comfort hotel and tourism and Princes...

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to examine the effect of covid-19 pandemic on hotel patronage. The study aimed to ascertain the frequency of hotel users and its corresponding impact on hotel revenue. The study employed the survey method. A total of 60 staffs of six selected hotels in Benin City, Edo State were enrolled in the study. Using the simple percentage method of response analysis and the chi-square statistical tool; the findings rev...

Abstract

This study was carried out on the challenges of hotel business. A descriptive survey method was used for this study. The data for this research work was collected from both primary and secondary sources of data. Sampling population is used to avoid possible errors in dealing with population. The population size was narrowed down to determine the sample size. A statistical formula was used in determining the sample size. Sample size of 80 was adopted for thi...

ABSTRACT

The main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of tourism to the tourist sites in Abeokuta, with particular reference to Olumo rock. Tourism is a vital source of both public as well as private income, source of foreign exchange earnings. It is one of the most important sectors in generating employment opportunities to unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled human resources. Despite of all the economic benefits, tourism can also be a threat to natural environment...

Abstract

Tourist destinations with better diverse attractions have become more important than individual attractions due to better highways over the past few years in China. Destination image, tourist satisfaction and destination loyalty are vital factors which are used to explain visitor motivation or their intention to revisit a tourist destination (Chi and Qu, 2008). Tourist satisfaction is a post consumption assessment of the service received a...

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to examine whether tourism development enhances internally generated revenue in Akwa Ibom State with a particular reference to Ibeno Beach in Ibeno Local Government Area. To achieve this objective, three research questions and were formulated to guide the study. The data were collected from primary sources. The primary data were collected with the help of a well-structured questionnaire of two sections administered to the responde...

ABSTRACT

The study assessed the Yankari Games Reserve as a tourist destination by investigating the perception of the tourists who patronize it. The assessment used indicators including the level of patronage in number of tourists attracted annually, wildlife resources of the reserve, infrastructure, facilities and safety. The method employed reconnaissance survey of the reserve for observations and the administerin...

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to examine promotional problems in the hospitality industry in Hall mark hotel, Enugu State. Specifically, the study examined  to what extent the selected hotels in Enugu State have gone in the application of advertising as one of the tools for marketing promotions on hospitality industry. The study also Find out what benefit have accrued to those hotels that applied advertisement in their...

Statement of the problem

The Nigerian economy is shaped by illusions that run counter to achieving development-oriented governance. The most worrying thing in the country is the threat of unemployment. Nigeria faces the challenge of curbing rising crime rates, unprecedented increases in prostitution, high death rates and the political wrongs that can be attributed to youth unemployment. Tourism is one of the fasted growing economic sectors generatin...

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to examine the effect of covid-19 pandemic on hotel patronage. The study aimed to ascertain the frequency of hotel users and its corresponding impact on hotel revenue. The study employed the survey method. A total of 60 staffs of six selected hotels in Estako West local government were enrolled in the study. Using the simple percentage method of response analysis and the chi-square statistical tool; the findings revealed that hote...

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out on sustainable tourism as a driving tool to cultural heritage site development using Osun-Osogbo Sacred Groves, Osun State, Nigeria as a case study. Specifically, the study was aimed at ascertaining how tourism help in developing heritage sites, identifying the state of some cultural heritage sites in Nigeria and to elucidate the challenges of sustainable tourism in Nigeria. The study employed the survey descr...