^{1<\/sup>Ugbabe, P.* and 2<\/sup>Prof. E.N. Ukabuilu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n}

ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethno-political conflicts which are conflicts informed predominantly by ethnic and religious implications are common and often violent. Ethno-political crises survival strategies are a wide range of different strategies and tactics that hotel owners make use of to give their businesses the best chance of survival. This research work set out to assess the survival strategies adopted by hotels in Niger State to mitigate the effect of ethno-political crises room occupancy. The researcher made use of structured questionnaire as the research instrument. Out of the two hundred and one hotels in Niger State that spread across the three (3) senatorial district, ten (10) were select\\ed from each of these senatorial districts bringing the total sample of the hotels studied to thirty (30). The questionnaires were administered to five management staff of each of the hotels bringing the total sample of the respondents to one hundred and fifty (150). Out of the one hundred questionnaires administered, 145 (97%) were validly filled and returned. Analysis of findings using Pearson correlation coefficient and ANOVA indicates that there is a positive relationship between the ethno-political crises survival strategy adopted by hotel in Niger State and hotel room occupancy in the state. Delivering religious sermons using Public Address Systems (PAS) should be abolished. This is because it constitutes a terrible nuisance to people of other religious faiths. Besides, some of the contents of this sermon breed ethno-political violence<\/p>\n\n\n\n