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Paulette Mazo the IMPACTS of the NGONDO FESTIVAL on CAMEROON TOURISM SECTOR Thesis CENTRIA UNIVERSITY of APPLIED SCIENCES Degre Paulette Mazo THE IMPACTS OF THE NGONDO FESTIVAL ON CAMEROON TOURISM SECTOR Thesis CENTRIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Degree Program in Tourism November 2016 ABSTRACT Centria University of Date Author/s Applied Sciences November 2016 Paulette Mazo Degree program Degree Program in Tourism Name of thesis THE IMPACTS OF THE NGONDO FESTIVAL ON CAMEROON TOURISM SECTOR. Instructor Pages 29+4 Katarina Broman Supervisor Katarina Broman Nowadays, culture tourism is far becoming the largest and fastest growing global tourism markets and the cultural and creative industries are increasingly being used to promote destinations as such, many locations now develop their tangible and intangible cultural assets as a means of developing comparative advantages in an increasingly competitive tourism marketplace and to create local distinctiveness in the face of globalization. Moreover there is a significant relationship between culture and festival as they both help destination to become more attractive as well as more competitive as locations to live, visit, work and invest in. Such is the case with the Ngondo event, a cultural festival which has a great impact on the Cameroon tourism sector. The aims of this study were, to examine the importance of culture tourism on Cameroon tourism sector, to view if the Ngondo festival really showcases the customs, beliefs, traditions and culture of the Sawa people. Also, to determine if the Ngondo festival serves as a strong driver to attract visitors and tourism developers and investors in Cameroon. Additionally, to determine if this interesting festival boasts the economy of the region and create sustainable income avenues for the future. Lastly, to view if this great event is a sustainable element in promoting Cameroon tourism. The research method used was the quantitative research method because it was perceived as the most suitable for this study. Key words Culture, Festival, Littoral region of Cameroon, Ngondo, Quantitative research, Touristic destination. CONCEPT DEFINITIONS Cronbach’s Alpha : it refers to a test which is conducted to evaluate and estimate the reliability of a psychometric test. Culture is a very broad concept which has various meanings and understanding. But according to the anthropologist E.B.Tyler, it is ‘ that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society’. Jengu is a traditional secretive and spiritual cult of the Sawa people which highly believes that, the Sawa gods live in River wouri reason why the Sawa people organized the Ngondo festival in order to commune with the gods and ask for their protection. Mean : according to Wikipedia, mean or expected value, refers to one measure of the central tendency, either of a probability distribution or of the random variable characterized by that distribution. Ngondo is an annual water-centered festival organized by the Sawa people of Cameroon. OECD : ‘Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’ Sawa refers to the coastal people of Douala, Cameroon Standard deviation (Std. deviation) is a measure used to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values. Tourism : the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) defines tourism as the activities of persons trav- eling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes. ABSTRACT CONCEPT DEFINITIONS CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1 2 THE LITTORAL REGION OF CAMEROON, HOST OF THE NGONDO FESTIVAL. .......... 2 2.1 Location ........................................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 People .............................................................................................................................................. 4 2.3 Language ......................................................................................................................................... 4 2.4 Cultural activities involved during the festival ........................................................................... 4 2.5 The ceremony of the Jengu cult .................................................................................................... 5 3 METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................................. 8 3.1 Research methodology ................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Quantitative research method ....................................................................................................... 8 3.3 Data collection ................................................................................................................................ 9 3.4 The method of data analysis ........................................................................................................ 10 4 EMPIRICAL RESULTS ................................................................................................................... 11 4.1.1 Reliability analysis ............................................................................................................. 11 4.1.2 Descriptive statistics ........................................................................................................... 11 4.2 An overview of our respondents ................................................................................................. 13 4.2.1 Gender .................................................................................................................................. 13 4.2.2 Age ........................................................................................................................................ 14 5.3.3 Origin ................................................................................................................................... 15 4.3 Cultural impacts of the festival ................................................................................................... 17 4.3.1 The Ngondo festival: a sustainable cultural heritage event which promotes and enhances culture tourism in the country. .................................................................................. 17 4.3.2 The Ngondo festival is a strong cultural tool which brings international recognition and appreciation to the nation. ................................................................................................... 18 4.4 Touristic impacts of the Ngondo festival on the nation ............................................................ 19 4.4.1 The event highly attracts tourism developers and investors in the nation ................... 20 4.4.2 The festival is a sustainable advertising tool which serves as a driver of attractiveness and competitiveness of tourism in Cameroon ........................................................................... 21 4.5 Economic impacts of the event on the nation ............................................................................ 22 4.5.1 The festival contributes in boosting the country’s economy .......................................... 23 4.5.2 The festival tremendously favors cash inflow and creates sustainable income avenues for the future ................................................................................................................................ 24 4.5.3 Benefits the events has on the nation ................................................................................ 25 5 CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................... 27 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................... 28 APPENDICES FIGURES FIGURE 1. The littoral region of Cameroon FIGURE 2. The littoral region and its various departments FIGURE 3. Traditional canoe race FIGURE 4. The initiated jengu members ready to commune with the water gods FIGURE 5. The initiated messenger returning from his encounter with the water gods carrying their message in the baskets TABLES TABLE 1. Cronbach´s alpha TABLE 2. Descriptive statistics of the questionnaire TABLE 3. Gender of the respondents TABLE 4. Age of the respondents TABLE 5. Origin of the respondents TABLE 6. The festival, a sustainable cultural heritage event TABLE 7. The Ngondo festival, a strong cultural tool TABLE 8. Tourism developers and investors attraction TABLE 9. The festival, a sustainable advertising tool TABLE 10. The festival boosts the country´s economy TABLE 11. Favors cash inflow and future income avenues TABLE 12. Benefits GRAPHS GRAPH 1. Gender GRAPH 2. Age GRAPH 3. Origin GRAPH 4. A sustainable cultural heritage event GRAPH 5. The festival, a strong cultural tool GRAPH 6. Investors GRAPH 7. Sustainable advertising tool GRAPH 8. The country´s boots the country´s economy GRAPH 9. Income avenues GRAPH 10. Benefits 1 1 INTRODUCTION Tourism is defined as ‘’ temporary movement of people to destinations out of their normal place of residence, work, the activities involves during their stay in these places and the facilities put in place to cater for their needs”. (Cooper et al, 2008.5.) There is a strong relationship
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