Spatial Distribution of Tourist Accommodation in Calabar Using Nearest-Neighbour Evidence From a 2024 Sample

This study evaluates the spatial distribution of sampled tourist accommodation establishments in Calabar, Nigeria. 20 GPS locations were quality-checked, with the source’s latitude and longitude labels corrected from numeric ranges. Coordinates were mapped, nearest-neighbour distances recalculated geodesically, and the Average Nearest Neighbour output interpreted under complete spatial randomness. The establishments occupied a compact metropolitan extent, with a mean centre near 4.985° N and 8.340° E. Short nearest-neighbour links occurred between paired or closely spaced establishments, while northern and peripheral properties increased overall dispersion. The analysis reported an Average Nearest Neighbour ratio of 0.907, z = −1.1168 and p = .2641. Accordingly, the sampled pattern was not statistically distinguishable from complete spatial randomness at the .05 level; this is not evidence that accommodation location is unstructured or that the full population is random. Implications: Planning requires a complete accommodation inventory, verified coordinates, road-access measures, service-capacity data and multi-distance analysis before zoning or investment decisions.