THE EFFECT OF CHANGING RAINFALL PATTERN ON SWIMMING POOL PATRONAGE AMONG HOTELIERS IN PORTHARCOURT

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THE EFFECT OF CHANGING RAINFALL PATTERN ON SWIMMING POOL PATRONAGE AMONG HOTELIERS IN PORTHARCOURT

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

Most persons that patronise swimming pools do so because of increasingly hot weather conditions. During normal temperatures hoteliers barely get patronised, they get low patronage, the low revenue they generate have a strong and significant effect on their consistency in maintaining their swimming pool facilities. People generally use swimming pools not just for relaxation and fun time but also to cool their body temperatures. Portharcourt records an increase in swimming pool patronage during times of reduced rainfall. Portharcourt have had a reputation of lot pf rainfall most times of the year, so certainly this city is not really a best choice for swimming pool revenue generation.

In addition, most of the locals have surrounding water bodies which they would rather patronize than use what they may perceive as expensive swimming pools.

Swimming pool is an artificial basin; chamber or tank used, or intended to be used, for public swimming, diving, or recreational bathing, but does not include baths where the main purpose is the cleaning of the body, nor individual therapeutic tubs (Health System Accountability and Performance- HSAP, 2014). Pools, apart from adding beauty to property and enhancing aesthetics, are used for bathing, relaxation, therapy, swimming, military training and exercise, socializing, water sports, as well as for the training of lifeguards and astronauts. (Haraldsson and Cordero, 2014).Recently, swimming has become a prerequisite for employment in certain sectors like aviation, marine, oil drilling and prospecting. More people are also learning to swim because of the health benefits associated with swimming.

Sadly, swimming pools have a wide variety of microorganisms which are introduced in different ways, and pool users inadvertently ingest a substantial amount of the water while using the pool (Evans et al., 2001). This enhances the transmission of plagues and other epidemics causing pools to be dreaded by many. WHO (2006) and Nichols (2006) link the risk of illness or infections in recreational waters to faecal contamination by bathers and animals, or a contaminated source of water. In recent years, there have been many reported cases of infectious diseases caused by the inadvertent swallowing of swimming pool water that was contaminated with bacteria, fungi or protozoa cysts while swimming (Kiyohara, et al., 2006).This shows that swimming pool maintenance should be given a high premium for its numerous benefits to be adequately enjoyed. On the contrary, Nigerian researchers are unanimous about the fact that the maintenance culture in Nigeria is poor (Ikpo, 2006; Egboluchi, 2009; Folu, 2009; Iwarere and Lawal 2011; Kola, 2011). This explains why the chemical contents of most pools in south-south Nigeria were less than the values recommended for effective disinfection of the pools and hence causing the microbial contents of most swimming pools in the area to be higher than permissible values for swimming pools

Statement of the problem

The quality of recreational water in Portharcourt cannot be neglected because of the risk and implications to human health. The prime motivation for carrying out this study was deploy the ingenuity offered by water quality index framework to provide a distinct score to the water quality of swimming pools in hotels in Portharcourt metropolis. Water quality index facilitated the transformation of several indicators and their concentration present in a sample into a single value. These water quality index scores consecutively provided far-reaching explanation of the quality of water and its suitability for recreational purposes. One swimming pool water quality was categorized excellent, two were graded good, one each was ranked poor and unsuitable for recreational purpose whereas.

Objectives of the study
To understand the impact of changing rainfall pattern on swimming pool patronage among hoteliers in portharcourt.
To understand the relationship between changing rainfall pattern and swimming pool patronage among hoteliers in portharcourt

Research questions
What is the impact of changing rainfall pattern on swimming pool patronage among hoteliers in portharcourt.
What is the relationship between changing rainfall pattern and swimming pool patronage among hoteliers in portharcourt