eajhlt Eastern African Journal of Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism (EAJHLT) Vol. 10, No. 01, (2023), pp. 28 - 40 eISSN: 2799-211 Volume 10 | Special Issue | SAUT 1 st Business and Economics Conference, Dec 2022 Vol. 10, Article 03 | March 2023 Copyright © 2023 Wawire, C.R. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original author and source is credited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) Perceived Effect of Cultural Tourism Attractions Development on Visitor Satisfaction in Bungoma County Wawire, C.R. * Muriuki, L.M. & Nkari, I.M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5898-2655 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7849167 Department of Environmental Resources Development Chuka University, P.O. Box 109 – 60400 Chuka, Kenya * Author for Corresponding Email: rael.carol@yahoo.com Article history Received: Jan 2023 Accepted: Feb 2023 Published: Mar 2023 Page No: 28 - 40 Keywords: attractions, cultural tourism, tourist satisfaction, sustainability, Abstract Cultural Attractions development enhance sustainability in destinations. However, inadequate development of cultural tourism attractions leads to communities’ marginalization and declined visitor arrivals due to tourists’ dissatisfaction. In Bungoma County few reports have been documented on impacts of collaborative attractions development initiative on visitor satisfaction, which justifies this study. Descriptive cross- sectional survey design was used. The study location covered Webuye East & West, Bumula and Mt. Elgon sub counties of Bungoma County. Stratified random sampling was applied to select 360 respondents. The instrument employed in the study was a closed ended questionnaire. Categorical Linear Regression was used and significant levels sought at p≤0.05. Results showed that monuments and arts had a direct influence on visitor satisfaction in terms of prolonged length of visit/stay and many visitations. Further, correspondence analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between the significant dependent variables (length of visit and many visitations). Festivals, pilgrimages and heritage produced insignificant results which showed that these variables had no direct influence on visitor satisfaction in Bungoma County APA Citation Wawire, C.R. et al (2023). Perceived Effect of Cultural Tourism Attractions Development on Visitor Satisfaction in Bungoma County, Eastern African Journal of Hospitaity, Leisure and Tourism, 10 (1), pp. 28 – 40