Purpose

Tourism has become a sustainable and viable tool in place making or community revitalization process. Residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts are critical to the sustainability of the tourism industry. This study follows a quantitative research approach to examine how variation in patronage pattern impact its host community using Olumo Rock in Abeokuta, Nigeria, as a case study.

Design/methodology/approach

Primary data from 324 residents are analysed using mean scores, chi-square and one-way ANOVA analysis. Secondary data such as the number of monthly patronage and precipitation and temperature were also analysed.

Findings

The findings revealed that the majority of residents do not patronize the tourism destination and that patronage patterns were seasonal and varied within and between seasons in Olumo. The perception of the residents living adjacent to the tourism destination established that they experienced positive and sometimes negative regardless of the season of the year or the proximity residential neighbourhood to tourism destination.

Originality/value

The findings of this study are sufficiently valuable to merit further investigation. It also provides an important spatial–temporal platform for future tourism impacts variability research in Nigeria and other countries in the tropic region. Furthermore, it is apparent from this study that temporal analyses in a given tourism destination may not translate effectively into another. In this respect, tourism managers in Olumo Rock should be aware of fluctuation in patronage pattern so as to introduction other attraction components at the right season.

中文翻译：

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Olumo岩石的顾客量变化及其对典型尼日利亚社区的影响

目的

旅游业已经成为地方制作或社区振兴过程中的一种可持续和可行的工具。居民对旅游业影响的认识对于旅游业的可持续性至关重要。这项研究采用定量研究方法，以尼日利亚阿贝库塔的Olumo Rock为例研究了光顾模式的变化如何影响其寄宿社区。

设计/方法/方法

使用平均分，卡方和单向方差分析分析来自324位居民的主要数据。还分析了次要数据，例如每月光顾的人数，降水量和温度。

发现

调查结果表明，大多数居民不光顾旅游目的地，并且光客模式是季节性的，并且在奥卢莫（Olumo）的季节之内和季节之间有所不同。对居住在旅游目的地附近的居民的看法表明，无论一年中的季节如何，或与旅游目的地相邻的居民区，他们都经历了积极的，有时甚至是消极的。

创意/价值

这项研究的发现足够有价值，值得进一步研究。它还为尼日利亚和热带地区其他国家的未来旅游业影响变异性研究提供了重要的时空平台。此外，从这项研究中可以明显看出，给定旅游目的地的时间分析可能无法有效地转化为另一个目的地。在这方面，Olumo Rock的旅游业管理者应注意光顾模式的波动，以便在合适的季节引入其他景点。