Physical planning implication of Eyo festival in Lagos Island, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the physical planning implications of the activities that interplayed during Eyo festival in Lagos Island, Nigeria. Systematic sampling procedure was employed to obtain data for this study. It was revealed that Disruption of local activities (RKI = 5.0), Street littering (RKI = 4.40), Street Trading (RKI = 4.38) and Increase in price of goods (RKI = 4.38) among others are the challenges faced by Residents. However Environmental (28.83% variance explained and Eigen value of 6.343), Socioeconomic (25.15% variance explained and Eigen value of 5.533), Cultural (9.50% variance explained and Eigen value of 1.991) and Security implications (8.22% variance explained and Eigen value of 1.809) are the planning implications of the festival as established by the findings. The study therefore concluded that cultural festival attracts both positive and negative impacts.

Keywords

• tourism
• cultural festival
• eyo festival
• planning implications
• residents’ perception