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 Awad (2020), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO, 2005: Article 1), cultural heritage includes monuments: architectural works, sculpture, painting, inscriptions, archaeological structure, cave dwellings; buildings: groups of separate or connected buildings and their architectures, homogeneity or place in the landscape; and sites: man-made creativity or the combined work of nature and man. Cultural heritage should have outstanding universal value from the historical, architectural, commemorative, aesthetic, ethnological point of view.

Cultural heritage tourism provides communities, groups, and individuals with a sense of identity and continuity, helping them to visualize their world and giving meaning to their way of living together. UNESCO. 2005.

This trend is evident in the rise in the volume of tourists who seek adventure, culture, history, archaeology and interaction with local people. Cultural heritage tourism is defined as travelling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present. National Trust for Historic Preservation, Heritage Tourism, (NTHP), 2014.

Cultural heritage tourism has long existed, but recent demographic, social, and cultural changes in the main source countries have led to an increasing number of new niche markets in destination countries, including culture-oriented holidays.

Cultural heritage tourism is important for various reasons; it has a positive economic and social impact, it establishes and reinforces identity, it helps preserve the cultural heritage, with culture as an instrument, it facilitates harmony and understanding among people, it supports culture and helps renew tourism Pietrobruno, 2019.

Culture and cultural heritage are crucial to people's identity, self-respect, and dignity, which apply to both affluent and poor societies. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) predicts that cultural tourism will be one of the five key tourism market segments in the future, and notes that growth in this area will present an increasing challenge in terms of managing visitor flows to cultural sites. Nesbeth 2013

1.2             Statement of the Problem

Igabi Local Government Area is rich in both natural and cultural heritage tourism resources. These rich cultural heritage sites faces challenges like absence of skilled personnel in regard to the heritage conservation which hinders its potential to become a vibrant economic driven through sustainable cultural tourism.

Another problem is cultural practices such as traditional festivals, indigenous crafts and oral histories are declining due to modernization and neglect.

So also inadequate infrastructure is one of the critical issues affecting tourism in Igabi, many of its roads especially those connecting rural cultural sites remain in poor condition, poor accessibility, accommodation and lack of basic facilities such as clean water and visitors lodge or centers.

Absence of proper documentation and promotion of cultural heritages

It is therefore timely and crucial to address these problems as this study seeks to assess the future of cultural heritage tourism in this local government looking at its opportunity and challenges which would help to preserve and maintain the cultural heritages in Igabi LGA

1.3       Objectives of the Study

            The objectives of the study are as follows:

                    i.                        To find out the role of community/stakeholders participation the  development and management of cultural heritage tourism in Igabi local government Area.

                 ii.                        To identify challenges faced by various stakeholders in leveraging the cultural heritage tourism in Igabi local government Area

               iii.                        To examine the benefit/opportunity that can be derived from cultural heritage tourism site in Igabi local government Area

               iv.                        To analyse the impact of cultural heritage tourism on key socio-economic development indicators such as employment income generation and infrastructural development in Igabi local government Area

                  v.                        To find out tangible and intangible cultural heritage tourism in Igabi Local government area.

1.4       Research Questions

            The following are research questions for the study

                          i.                  How can local communities/stakeholders participation contribute to the development and management of cultural heritage tourism in Igabi Local government Area.

                       ii.                  What are the challenges faced by various stakeholders in developing the cultural heritage tourism in Igabi local government Area.

                     iii.                  What benefits /opportunity that can be derived from cultural heritage tourism site in Igabi local government Area.

                     iv.                  What are the impact of cultural heritage tourism on key socio-economic development indicators such as employment income generation and infrastructural development in Igabi local government Area.

                        v.                  What are the tangible and intangible cultural heritage tourism in Igabi Local Government Area.

1.5       Significance of the Study

The study would be significance in the following ways

v    To help sensitize tourism professionals as well as policy makers in the field to assess cultural heritage tourism as a tool for development in Igabi LGA, so that opportunity and challenges can be identified and recommendations may be made towards effective sustainable tourism development.

v    Private sectors, individual, government will also benefit as it will serve as relevant document which will give them more insight on cultural heritage  tourism development and its economic benefits in Igabi LGA

v    The findings of this study will bring about increased awareness of the benefits of cultural heritage tourism activities in various destinations that inversely improve the inflow of tourist that would boost their economic activities and cultural heritage of the local residents and Igabi host community.

v    This research work contributes to body of knowledge which will be of benefit to students and researchers in the field of tourism as well as guide in order to carryout research related to the topic: Future of Cultural Heritage Tourism in Igabi LGA: Opportunity and Challenges

1.6       Scope/Delimitation of the Study

The study is delimited to some major cultural heritage in Igabi local government among which are Turunku settlement, Turunku hills where Queen Amina seat is situated among others within Igabi Local government.

Location: Kaduna 800283, Kaduna, Nigeria

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