The connection between length of Residency and local residents’ attitudes towards cultural Tourism development at Kogelo, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship or interconnection between length of residency and local residents’ attitudes towards cultural tourism development at Kogelo area, Kenya. The locals were randomly sampled where 137 were studied. Descriptive statistic was used to assess the relationship between length of residency and the attitudes of the local residents. The relationship was determined using linear regression and F distribution test was used to test the hypothesis for the research. Residents who had always lived at Kogelo area and those who lived there since the 1990s formed the majority of the respondents by 26.3% each. Additionally, most of the residents accepted tourism development in the area (73%). The calculated value of F of 0.535 was less than the critical or table value of 2.37, and therefore the hypothesis (Ho1) that stated that length of residency does not have a significant effect on the attitudes of local residents towards cultural tourism development among the Kogelo community was accepted.