The Introduction

The justification for conducting the research should be integrated in the introduction or
background of the study.

Contrary to the usual practice when writing any literary piece, the introduction may be written
after everything has been done, or to be written last. This will give you the chance to have fully
grasped the whole study and thus, this is the time where you have seen the trends and issues
related to the study after doing a review of related literature and studies, thus you have now
internalized your objectives and are now fully aware of the possible contributions of the study
to theory and to practice. However, even at the beginning of the planning stage for your
research, you should already have put into writing a short justification for conducting the study.

Trends, issues, objectives, and contribution to theory and practice should be the main content
of your introduction (de Guzman, 2013). The first two would be made clearer through related
literature and studies and the last two from your own perspective.

Trends may be presented through studies and statistics related to the topic from the
international, national, and to the local setting.

Issues may be presented with related literature on actual situation involving statistics and legal
provisions. Legal provisions may be taken from the international to the local setting. The last
paragraph of the introduction may be devoted to a short discussion on why you decided to
conduct the study based on the trends and issues and the possible outcome contribution of the
study linking it to the problem at hand.

At the end of the day, after discussing all these four, you should have convinced your reader
that your study should have really been conducted as you have proven a research gap in that
particular area. Needless to say, there are some topics which might not need to be researched
anymore as there is no more research gap.

Below is a sample introduction from Maniego (2010).

Tourism on an international and domestic level acts as a huge factor in economic

growth and alleviation of poverty. It is the most effective economic contributor to
developing countries as considered by many observes. The demand created by
consumers, using the tourism product, creates millions of jobs worldwide (Tamondong,
2010).

In the Philippines, tourism industry is also seen as one of the most promising industries
and an alternative solution to the problems of unemployment and underemployment.
The prevalence of festivals like the Sinulog Festivals in Cebu, the Mango Festival in
Zambales, the Panagbenga Festival in Baguio, the Sibit-sibit Festival in Olongapo City,
Kite Flying Festival in Lipa City, Pahiyas Festival in Quezon, the Carabao Festival in
Pulilan, Bulacan the Fertility Dance Festival in Obando, Bulacan, Bangus Festival in
Pangasinan, the Latern Festival in Pampanga, Tsinelas Festival in Liliw, Laguna, and
Musikahan Festival in davao, and many more, are just but attempts of different
provinces to invite and attract more tourists to these places to generate moreincome
for the people and therefore more government revenues.

The Commission on Higher Education Memorandum Order (CMO) 32, s. 2006

emphasized that tourism is the world’s largest industry, generating in 2003 over USD
514 Billion in receipts from 697 million tourism and employing hundreds of million
people worldwide. Almost 760 million travelled across borders in 2004; several times
more travelled domestically. The probability of one being able to visit foreign lands in
his lifetime has never been higher.

The tourism industry is a vast system consisting of several sectors with airlines, hotels,
resorts, travel agencies and tour operators constituting the greater bulk. The myriad of
smaller entities that thrive and wane with tourism’s upwings and downturns include
souvenir shops, restaurants, bars, and the like. The industry also goes beyond its
business realm; it covers government and non-government organizations as well as
educational institutions. Tourism generates both positive and negative impacts on the
culture, economy, and environment of generating and receiving countries. It can
uplift,instilcountry’s living standards instill greater pride in one’s identity, and make
people more aware of their cultural and natural heritage.