Abstract: The study examined the effect of insecurity on the hotel patronage in Northern Nigeria with a specific focus on Borno, Adamawa and Katsina States. The states in particular & Nigeria, as a country, is faced with the challenges of terrorism acts such as bombings, bandit, kidnapping, armed robbery as well as ethno-religious conflicts which all have dangerous potentials of turning states and the country fortune as one of the tourist destinations of choice in the world. Four (4) research questions, guided the study. The population of the study consisted of three hundred (300) staff from four (4) selected hotels from each state. The sample size for the study was one hundred and seventy-one (171) from the population of (300) using Taro Yemen’s formula. Data were collected using questionnaire and observation through the media. Data were analyzed using the descriptive method. The findings of the study indicate that insecurity has dangerous implications on Northern states, hospitality industry as well as on the entire country as a destination. Based on the findings, therefore, it was recommended that the circumstances which give rise to terrorism be looked into and addressed particularly through the public and private partnership.
Keywords: Evaluating, Effects, Insecurity, Hospitality, Industry, Northern Nigeria.
Title: EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF INSECURITY ON HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA (2014-2019)
Author: AJAYI, E.A., OJO, S.S, JIMOH, D.M, CHINANSA, J.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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