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Ecotourism Traffic Correlates and Artefacts Degradation of Sango Shrine in Old Oyo National Park, Oyo State Nigeria

This study presents an investigation into the impact of ecotourism on the material degradation of cultural artefacts at the Sango Shrine, Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria. The shrine is a critical heritage-ecotourism nexus, yet the physical impact of increasing visitor traffic on its fragile artefacts remains unquantified, hindering targeted conservation. The primary objective was to establish a statistically predictive model between visitor numbers and artefact degradation. The methodology involved longitudinal monitoring over 12 months. Visitor data (X variable) was collected via park records …