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Journal of Tourism & Hospitality

Journal of Tourism & Hospitality
Open Access

ISSN: 2167-0269

+44 1300 500008

Abstract

A Study of the Perceived Security Problems of Tourism and Hospitality Practitioners in Ogun State Southwest Nigeria

Pius Agbebi*

This study examined the position of tourism and hospitality practitioners on security and safety challenges in hospitality and tourism industry in Ogun state. The study described the socio-economic characteristics of respondents in the study area, identified the various damages that insecurity has caused hospitality and tourism industry in Ogun state, examined the control measures to be put in place by tourism and hospitality practitioners in Ogun state to curb security and safety threats in the sector. The methodology used to achieve the objectives of the study was survey design in nature, while the collection of data was done through the questionnaire administration. There were a total of one hundred and fifty two (152) respondents which were randomly selected through systematic sampling technique and interviewed through structured questionnaire and interview. All data collected were subjected to different statistical analyses such as descriptive and inferential statistical analyses. The descriptive statistics was used to analyze the objectives of the study to determine their means and standard detains while chisquare and correlation were used to test the formulated hypotheses. The findings from the chi-square tests using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22.0 revealed that the null hypothesis was rejected while alternate hypothesis was accepted. In other words, there was a significant relationship between practitioners’ control measures to be put in place and security threats in tourism and hospitality industry in Ogun state. This finding was confirmed by the chi-square test results which affirmed that the calculated chi-square was greater than the tabulated chi-square (X2=3473.036a>X2=9.488, p<0.05). In conclusion the study recommended that the hospitality and tourism practitioners in Ogun state should constantly and consistently maintain secured environment at hotels and tourism destinations in order to encourage sustainable influx of patrons.

Published Date: 2022-11-07; Received Date: 2022-07-16

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