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Patrick Kwoba Olubulyera

Position/Designation: Lecturer

Contacts

Cel. No. +254 770154334

Email: pkwoba@rongovarsity.ac.ke

Profile

  1. Biography

a)Academic qualification:

Undergraduate

  • Year: 2004-2008
  • Title of qualification awarded: Bachelors of Tourism Management (BTM), Moi University, Eldoret.

Graduate

  • Year: 2009-2013
  • Title of qualification awarded: Masters in Tourism Management (MTM), Moi University, Eldoret.

b)Work experience:

Previous position

  • Year: January 19th 2015 – 20th November 2018
  • Position held: Tutorial Fellow

Current position

  • Year: 20th November 2018 – Present
  • Position held: Lecturer

c)Honours and awards:None 

d)Professional affiliation/membership to professional bodies:

  1. Research interest: Cultural tourism, Medical tourism, Destination Management.
  2. Ongoing research projects: Medical tourism and community development.
  1. Publications:

Refereed Journals

Olubulyera, P. K. (2018, February). Community Participation in Cultural Tourism: An Empirical Perspective. International Journal of Progressive Sciences and Technologies, 6(2), 416-422.

http://ijpsat.ijsht-journals.org/index.php/ijpsat/article/view/254/144

Olubulyera, P. K. (2018, January).The Nexus between Proximity to Tourists’ Attraction and Host Community’s Attitudes towards Cultural Tourism Development at Kogelo, Kenya. GRA’s Multidisciplinary International Journal, 2(2), 99-105.  

Olubulyera, P. K., Chebus, P.J., & Rop, J. J. (2016, October). Income Dependency and Community’s Attitudes towards Cultural Tourism in Kenya: An Explanatory Approach from Kogelo. International Journal of Research in Management and Social Sciences, 2(1), 67-72.  

http://repository.rongovarsity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1824

Olubulyera, P. K., & Rop, J. J. (2016, May). Effect of gender and availability of funds on the choice of higher tourism education at Moi University, Kenya. International Journal of Research in Management and Social Sciences, 2(1), 1-12. 

http://repository.rongovarsity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2023                              

Olubulyera, P. K., Ipara, H., & Kieti, D. (2015, May). The connection between length of residency and local resident’s attitude towards cultural tourism development at Kogelo, Kenya. International Journal of Research in Management and Social Sciences, 1(1), 12-19.

http://repository.rongovarsity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2028

Rop, J. J., & Olubulyera, P. K. (2015, September). Influence of Age and Education Level on the Choice of Higher Tourism Education at Moi University, Kenya. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Sports, 11(4), 20-24.

https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JTHS/article/view/24690/25292

Conference proceedings

Olubulyera, P. K., Rop, J. J., & Wagude, J. (2018). Students’ Choice of Higher Tourism Education at Moi University, Eldoret. 1st Rongo University International Multidisciplinary Research Conference, 5th-9th March, 2018. Rongo, Kenya.

Barmasai, S.K., & Olubulyera, P. K. (2016). Perceived effects of all-inclusive package tours on socio-economic sustainability in south coast tourist destination, Kenya. The Eldoret National Polytechnic 6th Annual international conference on Innovations For Advancement of Humanity (IFAH) 5th -6th July, 2016. Eldoret, Kenya.

Bittok, K., Olubulyera, P. K., & Chebus, P.J., (2016). Education Level and Age as Factors Influencing Cultural Tourism Development At Kogelo, Kenya, The 2nd African Conference on Sustainable Tourism : Building Communities, Saving Nature, November, at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya.

Kieti, D., Ipara, H., & Olubulyera, P. K. (2015). Implications of gender on local residents’ attitudes towards cultural tourism development. An analysis from Kogelo, Kenya. ATLAS Africa Conference 2015 : Tourism and Inclusive Growth in Developing Economies, 3-5 June, 2015. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Atlas.

Mutie, K. N., & Olubulyera, P. K., & Chebus, P.J. (2016). The invisible link between education level and community’s attitude towards cultural tourism development. An assessment from Kogelo, Kenya. Makerere University Business School’s 21st Annual International Management Conference (AIMC) on African Business and Development in the Global Economy 12th – 15th September, 2016. Kampala,Uganda.

Mutie, K. N., Olubulyera, P. K., & Ngera, S. N. (2015). Effect of Innovativeness Skills on the Performance of Tourism Small and Medium Enterprises at Mbakalo Location, Bungoma County. The International Conference on Advancement of Business Management Practices in Africa (ICABUMPA) and the Intelligence for innovation (iN4iN) 27th – 29th October 2015. Nairobi, Kenya.

Book

Olubulyera, P. K. (2016). The Dynamics of Cultural Tourism Development: Determinants of the Host Community’s Attitudes at Kogelo, Kenya. Lambert Academic Publishing:  Saarbrucken, Germany. ISBN 978-3-659-92317-3.