Cultural Festival And The Creation Of Effective Tourism Environment In Nasarawa State:

Probably one of the fundamental objectives of tourism is to break the monopoly of the stressful business engagement of people. Thus introduction to prevailing physical centers of the entity, the aesthetic values of the society and cultural elements that distinguish the people as identifiable ethnic entity may serve as effective tourist attraction. This paper strongly believes that, the Eggon cultural festivals can create effective source of attraction to tourists, and the representation of the cultural wealth of the Eggon society. Thus, the questions: What are the critical elements in the Eggon cultural festivals? How can Eggon culturalfestivals be both a source of enriching the Eggon as well as enriching the mind? These questions dictate that few research (oral interview) be extensively employed for the purpose of objective documentation of the phenomenon.