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Future of Cultural Heritage Tourism in Igabi LGA: Opportunity and Challenges

    CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1              Background of the Study Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts cultural property and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations”. Cultural heritage has tangible heritage which include physical artifacts belonging to a culture such as buildings, historic places, monuments, and artifacts, whereas intangible heritage comprises of non-physical intellectual property including folklore, custome, beliefs, traditions, knowledge, and language. Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to the future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage resources are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration which are our touchstones, our point of reference and our identity. According to Bleibleh and ...

Assessing the factors influencing tourists patronage in Epitome Hotel and Suites, Barnawa, Kaduna.

  CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1             Background of the Study Hotels are now the most important and popular type of lodging for travelers and some locals all over the world. One of the tourism sector’s most important divisions is the hotel sector. There has been an increase in demand for high quality hotel services all around the world. Zervas, Proserpio and Byers, 2023). According to (Adjoe 2024), the hotel industry has grown significantly because of its adaptability to meet the needs of tourist of all income levels.   The hotel industry is an economic development engine; it generates several additional guest facilities such as restaurants, swimming pools, and social or childcare function services, which provide revenue to service other sectors and other auxiliary services. Hotels offer attractive ways to generate scarce foreign exchange and job creation for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labour. (Kasavana...

INFLUENCE OF INDOMIE NOODLE ADVERTISEMENT ON RESIDENTS OF NIGERIA AIRFORCE BASE MAKURDI, BENUE STATE

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background Of Study Advertising is one of the five tools used tools used to direct persuasive communicatioyn to targeted audience. Advertising as a business competitive strategy is aimed at creating awareness of the existence of a product through the communication media. Advertising has effect on buyers, so, it is important to carry out this study to know the impact of advertising.   The purpose of advertising is to develop customer’s favorable attention towards the product. Collins dictionary of business (2015, p.31) says that advertising consists of non personal terms of communication conducted through paid media under clear sponsorship. Commercial advertising is the visual presentation in the media of a product or services supplied by a firm or organization which is aimed at encouraging prospective buyers to buy the product and to provide them with public safety information. In an urban area like Enug...

Youth bulge and crime in Kaduna State.

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background of Study “Youth bulge” is a demographic expressions frequently used to describe a population in which the share of young people is radically large in contrast to other, elder age groups. According to the UN-associated Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN), UN agencies define the youth bulge as large cohorts (in excess of 20%) between the ages of 15 and 24 in relation to the total mature population. Other definitions expand the range to include the 15 to 29 age group (Imai King & Olivia, 2008).   ‘Youth bulge refers to a cohort of youth between the ages of 15 and 24 that is unusually large relative to the adult population in a society’ (Hart 2004:591). The term was coined by German social scientist Gunnar Heinsohn in the mid-1990s where he thinks that a youth bulge occurs when 30 to 40 percent of the males of a nation belong to the ‘fighting age’ cohorts from 15 to 29 years of age. Demogra...