Analysis of hotel corporate social responsibilities in the host communities within Abeokuta Metropolis of Ogun State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the impact of corporate social responsibilities of hotel industry to the host communities in Abeokuta Metropolis of Ogun State. Specifically, the study underlined the followings: examined the different corporate social responsibilities being performed by the hotel industries in the study area; described the level of the hotel industry participation in corporate social responsibilities in the study area; and examined the challenges confronting hotel industry in carryout their corporate social responsibilities in the study area. The sample size of the study was 123. The study used primary data through structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics and the study population was 10% of the workers in selected hotels and community members were interviewed. All the distributed questionnaire were duly return. The findings revealed that hotels in the study area were involved in different corporate social responsibilities such as economic development of their community, payments to national and local authorities, contributing expertise to community programs and similar areas among others. However, their involvements were limited due to various challenges such as insecurity resulting from persistent violent and conflict, poor government policies and multiple taxation. The results revealed that there was significant relationship (p < 0.05) between level of participation in corporate social  responsibilities by the hotel industries and challenges confronting hotel industry in carrying out their corporate social responsibilities in the study area. The study recommends that government should find a way of harmonizing taxation among the three tiers of government to prevent multiple taxation, formulation of favourable policies that will enhance the growth of the hotel industry and insecurity issue should be holistically tackle by the government.