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    CULTURAL TOURISM AS A TOOL FOR NATION BUILDING, A CASE OF REMILEKE FESTIVAL, ETI-OSA, LAGOS STATE
    (Nigerian Journal of Art and Tourism, 2017) Olusola S. Folorunso, Adekunle A. Bashiru and Agbeyan S. Festus
    In Nigeria, culture is manifested in art, dance, language, literature, folklore, mores, music, government, festival, museums and the environment. Tourists engage in cultural experience searching for authenticity and meaning of these cultural heritage. The motivation of such tourist and their behaviour in a destination lead to the creation of cultural manifestations developed specifically for tourists’ consumption. This study is based on the development of cultural tourism in Nigeria with a particular reference to Remileke festival. Remileke festival is a potential tourist attraction with lots of cultural attachments exploitable for national development. The cultural aspect of tourism has not really been exploited to the maximum and many potential cultural attractions are still off the grid in terms of recognition, one of them is Remileke festival. Participant observation was used to obtain key information about Remileke festival and its cultural attachment. Thus, this paper vividly sought to unveil the cultural significance of Remileke festival and its subsequent contribution to the development of the nation at large.