INTRODUCTION

As the country’s “summer capital”, Baguio’s fame rests on its reputation for being a green, cool,
pristine refuge to people from the lowlands (Heydarian, 2015). The city is fast losing the charm that
made it a haven with its cool, pleasant climate (Romualdez, 2014), it’s not as beautiful as it used to be
(Bestre, 2017). The fact that Baguio is a city whose allure is on the brink of destruction from all fonts
(Bandoy, 2012 &