CULTURAL TOURISM AS A TOOL FOR NATION BUILDING, A CASE OF REMILEKE FESTIVAL, ETI-OSA, LAGOS STATE
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2017-06-05
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NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF ARTS AND CULTURE
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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.
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