Abstract
The task which
this projects work sets off to explore is the effect of religious beliefs on
tourism participation of Enugu residence. This kind of tourism in general
involves faith-based activities, but in a heightened form it involves
pilgrimages to holy places. Nigerians are so much involved in faith-based
activities and travels either as adherents of African Traditional Religion (ATR),
or as Muslims, or as Christians. This has made it become a point of concern for
this paper while questioning whether the faith-based movements by Nigerians are
inspired by faith or something else. The methodology and materials used in this
research were sourced from the libraries, the internet and personal
observations. The phenomenological method of looking at and analyzing things
from how they appear was employed. The findings indicate that the positive
effects of faith-based travels are yet to be seen in Nigeria. Again, government
sponsors individuals and particular religious groups on pilgrimages, in a
country which defines itself constitutionally as secular and in a country where
many face abject poverty. Finally, it has been discovered that African
Traditional Religion is marginalized or not attended to. The result of this is
a state of marginalization and injustice which provokes agitations in parts of
the country. This research concludes by calling on the Nigerian government to
stop sponsoring pilgrimages and other faith-based travels for its citizens so
as to maintain balance and achieve lasting peace.
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