The impacts of wedding events on the tourism development of the Host Community
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Tourism refers to movement, stay and activities of individual who leaves his place of normal residence temporarily to a new destination for a variety of purposes. Thus, the tripodal structure of tourism becomes evident: travel, stay and purpose. While travel implies transportation, stay denotes hospitality and purpose translates into destination, activities and motivation. Purpose precedes the other two components of tourism. This is because it is purpose that stimulates the urge to embark on tourism. Various purposes for tourism are outlined by Okoli (2001) to include: • Economic purposes: To attend business meetings, trade fairs, expos, etc. • Social purposes: Weddings, anniversaries, burials, child christening, birthdays, cultural festivals, celebrations, etc. • Educational purposes: Seminars, conferences, workshops, matriculations, convocations, etc. • Religious Purposes: Pilgrimage...