Primarily, festivals are event celebrated by a community which centers on some characteristic aspect of that community, its religion or tradition often marked as a local holiday. Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world today which promotes the economy of many communities across the globe. On the other hand, festival is a propeller for tourism development in the area of study. The main focus of this paper centered on Onunu Nsukka cultural festival and its contribution to tourism development. Nsukka is located on the o o

Anambra River Basin of the defunct Eastern Nigeria and lies between latitude 6 18 and 7 54 East. The area is rich in cultural festivals of different kind which have been neglected over the years; this informed the reason for this work. The importance of festivals in Igboland at large cannot be over stressed. Based on this, this research work becomes crucial in order to harness and document the history and tourism potentials of the festival. Research results revealed that festivals have a lot of potentials to boost the economy of the area if the tourism value is harnessed. Considering the nature of this research, the researcher adopted a qualitative method. This is pertinent because qualitative research is more significant to the research of this nature in which detailed analysis of the subject matter is defined. The instruments used in collecting data for this study includes interview, focus group discussion and direct observation. The purpose was to examine the people's view of their culture in the context of heritage resources in the area.