Survey study demonstrates that mass participation in sports and tourism drives entrepreneurship development across Nigerian states, indicating potential strategies for regional economic growth.
Entrepreneurship involves fostering innovation and improving local and regional development. Sport has become an industry with innovative frameworks and management approaches due to societal and economic demands. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of mass participation in sporting events and tourism on the development of entrepreneurship in Nigeria. To achieve this, ex-post facto and survey research designs were used. A self-developed questionnaire with a Likert scale was validated and pilot tested for reliability. Six hundred and twenty-two copies of the instrument were administered to staff members of sport councils/commissions and those of tourism boards in the twelve sampled states across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. Six hundred and twenty-one copies of the instrument were retrieved. The data supplied by the respondents were statistically analysed using frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviation, and chi-square, in order to provide answers to research questions and to test the hypothesis formulated. The results showed that there exists a significant influence of mass participation in sporting events and tourism on the development of entrepreneurship in Nigeria (X2computed>X2 critical at df 28, p calculated< 0.05). It was concluded that mass participation in Sporting Events and Tourism has an influence on the Development of Entrepreneurship. It was recommended, amongst others, that the government of Nigeria at various levels should encourage mass participation in sporting events and tourism.
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