Culinary Arts: A Motivator Towards Community-Based Festival Attendance and Sustainability

This study investigates motive factors attracting people to community-based festivals characterized by culinary activities and underscore its contribution to sustaining tourism activities in the study area. Multistage sampling technique was adopted for sample selection. Kayo-Kayo Festival in the Epe...

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Main Authors: Ibraheem Kukoyi, Abioye Adedipe, Tajudeen Yusuf, Opeyemi Ijaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Home Economics & Hospitality Management Education, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 410001, Nsukka, Nigeria. 2024-12-01
Series:International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research
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Online Access:https://www.ijhhr.org/-vol-3-issue-2/10-57012-ijhhr-v3n2-013/
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author Ibraheem Kukoyi
Abioye Adedipe
Tajudeen Yusuf
Opeyemi Ijaya
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description This study investigates motive factors attracting people to community-based festivals characterized by culinary activities and underscore its contribution to sustaining tourism activities in the study area. Multistage sampling technique was adopted for sample selection. Kayo-Kayo Festival in the Epe area of Lagos State was purposively selected, purposive and availability sampling technique was used to select household head and one additional adult from 25 households respectively within the host community. Convenience sampling method was further used to select 100 festivals attendees, making a total of 150 respondents and a structured close-ended questionnaire was administered for data gathering. Analysis was done through the use of simple percentages, weighted mean, standard deviation and correlation analysis. Majority (79.3%) of the respondents were attracted to community-based festival because of their interest in supporting preservation of cultural heritage (M=2.63; SD=0.85). 48.6% were highly attracted by Culinary arts competition during the festival activities (M=2.41; SD=0.87). Also, most respondents opines that the festival has positive effects on the socio-cultural (M=2.45; SD=1.33) economy (M=2.43; SD= 1.49) and environment (M=3.35; SD=132) of the host community. The study found that there is a positive correlation (r= 0.356) between culinary arts and factors that motivate festival attendance. The study concludes that culinary arts motivates peoples’ attendance at festivals and therefore recommends sustaining the inclusion of culinary activities in other community-based festivals to promote attendance for the progress of the festivals and its sustainability.
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spelling doaj-art-7eed5c1ff76d425294c71a43f0a41c162025-01-25T08:51:31ZengDepartment of Home Economics & Hospitality Management Education, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 410001, Nsukka, Nigeria.International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research2971-51213027-18192024-12-013219320710.57012/ijhhr.v3n2.013Culinary Arts: A Motivator Towards Community-Based Festival Attendance and Sustainability Ibraheem Kukoyi0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5597-0528Abioye Adedipe1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1096-1297Tajudeen Yusuf2https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7355-9670Opeyemi Ijaya3https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3907-2446Department of Hospitality & Tourism, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P.M.B. 2240, Abeokuta, Nigeria Department of Hospitality & Tourism, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P.M.B. 2240, Abeokuta, NigeriaDepartment of Family, Nutrition & Consumer Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaDepartment of Home and Rural Economics, Federal Cooperative College, Ibadan, NigeriaThis study investigates motive factors attracting people to community-based festivals characterized by culinary activities and underscore its contribution to sustaining tourism activities in the study area. Multistage sampling technique was adopted for sample selection. Kayo-Kayo Festival in the Epe area of Lagos State was purposively selected, purposive and availability sampling technique was used to select household head and one additional adult from 25 households respectively within the host community. Convenience sampling method was further used to select 100 festivals attendees, making a total of 150 respondents and a structured close-ended questionnaire was administered for data gathering. Analysis was done through the use of simple percentages, weighted mean, standard deviation and correlation analysis. Majority (79.3%) of the respondents were attracted to community-based festival because of their interest in supporting preservation of cultural heritage (M=2.63; SD=0.85). 48.6% were highly attracted by Culinary arts competition during the festival activities (M=2.41; SD=0.87). Also, most respondents opines that the festival has positive effects on the socio-cultural (M=2.45; SD=1.33) economy (M=2.43; SD= 1.49) and environment (M=3.35; SD=132) of the host community. The study found that there is a positive correlation (r= 0.356) between culinary arts and factors that motivate festival attendance. The study concludes that culinary arts motivates peoples’ attendance at festivals and therefore recommends sustaining the inclusion of culinary activities in other community-based festivals to promote attendance for the progress of the festivals and its sustainability.https://www.ijhhr.org/-vol-3-issue-2/10-57012-ijhhr-v3n2-013/community-based festivalsculinary artsmotivatorsustainability
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Culinary Arts: A Motivator Towards Community-Based Festival Attendance and Sustainability
International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research
community-based festivals
culinary arts
motivator
sustainability
title Culinary Arts: A Motivator Towards Community-Based Festival Attendance and Sustainability
title_full Culinary Arts: A Motivator Towards Community-Based Festival Attendance and Sustainability
title_fullStr Culinary Arts: A Motivator Towards Community-Based Festival Attendance and Sustainability
title_full_unstemmed Culinary Arts: A Motivator Towards Community-Based Festival Attendance and Sustainability
title_short Culinary Arts: A Motivator Towards Community-Based Festival Attendance and Sustainability
title_sort culinary arts a motivator towards community based festival attendance and sustainability
topic community-based festivals
culinary arts
motivator
sustainability
url https://www.ijhhr.org/-vol-3-issue-2/10-57012-ijhhr-v3n2-013/
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