Heritage resources as a driver for cultural tourism in Nigeria

Ezenagu, Ngozi

doi:10.1080/23311983.2020.1734331

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“…Accordingly, understanding the inspiration of social tourists is crucial for cultural tourism scholars. Past literature has discovered that cultural tourists’ self-identity is often built through their cultural tourism motivations ( Fistola and La Rocca, 2018 ; Ezenagu, 2020 ; Kalvet et al, 2020 ). The current study is based on self-determination theory (SDT), and past literature has broadly used it to explain the motivations of cultural tourists.…”

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“…Some studies focused on exploring tourism impacts, such as achieving sustainability through tourism ( Figueroa-Domecq et al, 2020 ), domestic cultural tourism ( Castañeda et al, 2019 ), policy proposals to cope with excessive tourism ( Frey and Briviba, 2021 ), tourism experiences ( Seyfi et al, 2020 ), and cultural tourism as heritage resources ( Ezenagu, 2020 ). The development of cultural tourism boosts the income growth of host countries, and the maintenance of tourist attractions helps stimulate the economy and preserve cultural heritage by attracting domestic and global tourists ( Torre and Scarborough, 2017 ; Richards, 2018 ; Lin et al, 2021 ).…”

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From Cultural Tourism to Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Value Creation for Environmental Sustainability

Abbas

Dongling

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Front. Psychol.

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Cross-cultural exchanges among the locals and the tourists have been beneficial in terms of social value creation and sustainability. The present study has examined the role of cultural tourism and social entrepreneurship on social value creation and environmental sustainability. The study has drawn a sample through a non-probabilistic convenience sampling method for desired data collection, as investigators approached tourists visiting the tourism destinations. The study reports data received with the help of tourists visiting cultural heritage in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The study has employed the PLS_SEM approach for analysis purposes to draw the results. The findings showed a significant relationship between cultural tourism, environmental sustainability, and social value creation that significantly predicts environmental sustainability. The results revealed a significant positive association between social entrepreneurship, social value creation, and environmental sustainability. Besides, results showed that social value creation mediates the relationship between cultural tourism and environmental sustainability and social entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability. The study’s findings climax the importance of cross-cultural interactions that enriches the cultural understanding and gives new perspectives to the existing cultural traditions. Pursuing environmental sustainability through social value creation requires an excellent combination of the administrative and political collaborative strategy that integrates cultural tourism and social entrepreneurship in tourist destination development and aims to attain improved tourist attractions. Besides, this research identifies a significant effect of cultural tourism on environmental sustainability. However, the relationship between tourism and environmental sustainability is bidirectional. It might provide direction for further study. The findings deliver valuable insight into global cultural tourism and social entrepreneurship activities that provide tourism destinations for community development. This investigation produces a systematic and holistic research framework to help explore the influence of cultural tourism and social value creation on the environmental sustainability at tourism destinations. The generalizability of the findings supplies helpful directions for future research on environmental sustainability related to social entrepreneurship and cultural tourism that leads to social value creation.

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From Cultural Tourism to Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Value Creation for Environmental Sustainability

Abbas

Dongling

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…The two religious centres under study are located in southwestern Nigeria inhabited by the Yoruba, one of the three predominant ethnic nationalities in the country. They are international headquarters of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) (Ezenagu, 2020). Both RCCG and Osun Grove are centres of attraction to people across the globe.…”

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Faith-based activities and religious tourism in southwestern Nigeria: Challenging factors

Ezenagu¹,

Okpoko²,

Okpoko³

2021

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This paper examines the challenging factors besetting faith tourism products in two religious centres in the southwestern region of Nigeria, namely The Redeemed Christian Church of God and Osun Oshogbo Sacred Grove.Different world religions are associated with faith-based activities which are sought after by adherents, admirers and tourists. The effects of this tourist traffic are highly beneficial to society, as they stimulate other sectors of the economy. However, improperly planned religious tourism may result in untoward negative effects. This paper employs ethnographic research methods (direct observation, interviews and focus group discussion) to address the subject matter. The findings revealed that the major challenge of most religious activities is overcrowding, out of which other challenges emanate. The study suggested measures to mitigate the challenges. What is new about this study is the awareness it seeks to create about the unique and inherent contents of faith-based activities and how these promote visitation if the identified impediments are properly managed. These findings are invaluable to all stakeholders, namely developers, government and policymakers in the tourism industry, as they re-engage them to revisit emerging challenges in religious tourism development.

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“…Culture is a major force behind tourism development and competitiveness. It is a key factor in the attractiveness of many destinations, including attracting local people and inward investment (Ololo & Otegbulu, 2020;Ezenagu, 2020).…”

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“…Tourism influenced by culture will continuously maintain a considerable market stand, but the new tourists will endlessly have more and more diversified needs to experience different cultures, even in remote destinations (Ezenagu, 2020). Therefore, it is important to establish creative tourism which meets the needs of a more sustainable cultural tourism (Csapo, 2012).…”

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Управління Культурним Туризмом У Регіоні Співтовариства Розвитку Південної Африки: Навчання У Найкращих Виконавців

Rasethuntsa¹

2022

SCMJ

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Вступ. Туристи перебувають у пошуку справжніх вражень і автентичного досвіду, а саме унікального мистецтва та культури в туристичних напрямках. Зараз політики зосереджують свою увагу на культурному туризмі через його передбачувані зв’язки з економічними перевагами, включаючи зайнятість, можливості для бізнесу й отримання доходів. Мета і методи. Використовуючи приклади Танзанії, Ботсвани, Намібії, Маврикію та Сейшельських островів, дослідження критично аналізує заходи, що застосовуються цими п’ятьма країнами для управління культурним туризмом задля підвищення їхньої глобальної туристичної конкурентоспроможності. Комплексний підхід до всебічного огляду літератури прийнято як метод дослідження для створення достатнього та точного набору даних для отримання достовірних висновків. Результати. Дослідження виявило стратегії, які використовуються в окремих країнах та які можуть бути прийняті іншими країнами регіону для розвитку культурного туризму. Ці стратегії включають створення програм культурного обміну, збереження місцевих культурних практик, інформування місцевої громади щодо важливості культурного туризму, співробітництво з розвитку місцевого та міжнародного культурного туризму і розвиток культурної політики, поміж іншого. Висновки. Наукова праця вибудовує знання, виявляючи деякі стратегії управління культурним туризмом у регіоні Південноафриканського співтовариства розвитку. Дослідження розширює нові знання, порівнюючи відмінності та подібності прийнятих стратегій в окремих країнах, щоб дізнатися про найбільш поширені стратегії управління культурним туризмом та прийняті унікальні стратегії. Крім того, ця робота надає рекомендації, які інші країни Африки, що розвиваються, можуть прийняти для покращення їх управління культурним туризмом. Дослідження передбачає напрямки майбутніх розвідок культурного туризму в регіоні Південноафриканського співтовариства розвитку.

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Heritage resources as a driver for cultural tourism in Nigeria

Cited by 25 publications

References 23 publications

From Cultural Tourism to Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Value Creation for Environmental Sustainability

From Cultural Tourism to Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Value Creation for Environmental Sustainability

Faith-based activities and religious tourism in southwestern Nigeria: Challenging factors

Управління Культурним Туризмом У Регіоні Співтовариства Розвитку Південної Африки: Навчання У Найкращих Виконавців

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