Effects Of Covid-19 Pandemic on Event Planning in Lagos State, Nigeria

Kehinde, Olamiju () and Igbekele, Gladys Olaitan
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Kehinde, Olamiju: Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management,, Postal: Lead City University,, Ibadan, Nigeria,, https://www.afarng.org/mjms/
Igbekele, Gladys Olaitan: Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management,, Postal: Lead City University,, Ibadan, Nigeria,, https://www.afarng.org/mjms/

Multidisciplinary Journal of Management Sciences, 2022, vol. 4, issue 3, 127-151

Abstract: The study focused on effects of COVID-19 pandemic on Event Planning in Lagos State, Nigeria with a view to providing information on strategies to deploy to enhance capacity to cope with future challenges. The study elicits information from 123 registered members of the Association of Professional Party Organizers and Events Managers in Nigeria (APPOEMN) Lagos State chapter with the aid of structured questionnaire using Google form. Data obtained were analysed chi-square statistic/SPSS software as well as frequency tables and percentages. The chi-square statistics reveal that Overall perception of our respondents agrees that COVID-19 and intervention schemes have significant influence on financial performance of event planning. Results of findings show that there was a positive and significant relationship between socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and their perception on coping strategies or intervention schemes, suggesting that only Respondents Age and Education level had significant effect on their perception towards adopting or deciding which intervention scheme was effective. The study recommends the use of virtual technologies, webinars, real-time conversation, podcasts chats, among others in bringing people together in participation of events in future pandemic.

Keywords: Covid-19; Event Planning; Lagos State; Pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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