SUSTAINABILITY OF TOURISM OPERATION IN ORIENTAL

MINDORO AMIDST PANDEMIC.

A.Y. 2021

A Research Paper
Presented in the Faculty of
CITY COLLEGE OF CALAPAN
Guinobatan Calapan City Oriental Mindoro

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in

TM 10 RESEARCH IN TOURISM

By

AGUSTIN J. SORIANO

DAISY FE L. HAPES

HASMINE L. MORTEL

APPROVAL SHEET

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 The qualitative research entitled “SUSTAINABILITY OF TOURISM OPERATION IN
ORIENTAL MINDORO AMIDST PANDEMIC” prepared by and submitted by Agustin J.
Soriano, Daisy Fe L. Hapes, and Hasmine L. Mortel in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for subject TM 10 RESEARCH IN TOURISM it has been examined and recommended for
acceptance and approval.

JULIE PEARL E.
BRION
Subject Professor

Recommending approval and acceptance in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
subject, TM 10 RESEARCH IN TOURISM.

MARINEL B. SUPNET.MIHM
Program Head

RENITA M. ALDA
Program Head

DR. RENE M. COLOCAR.Phd

College Administrator

ABSTRACT

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 The outlook for the tourism sector remains highly uncertain. The coronavirus COVID-19
pandemic continues to hit hard and posed significant effect on tourism industry. Tourism
industry is helping to soften the blow at least partially and governments have taken impressive
immediate action to restore guidelines and protocols to reactive the sector while protecting jobs
and businesses. Tourism destination have embraced emergency health care measures and
restrictions imposed on human movement around the world. Beaches and resorts are empty
people’s movements are stopped and travelling between territories is strictly controlled. The
COVID-19 lockdown around the world has imposed negative impacts on the livelihood of the
people and world economy as well. Many countries are also now developing measures to build a
more resilient tourism economy post COVID-19. These include preparing plans to support the
sustainable recovery of tourism promoting the digital transition and move to a greener tourism
system and rethinking tourism for the future.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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 The researcher would like to acknowledge and extend their most sincere gratitude to the
following persons who delivered their time, gave their support and talents to accomplish the
following undertaking.

Ms. JuliePearl E. Brion, professor in TM 10 Research in Tourism, for giving her time,
effort, assistance and encouragement to the researcher.

Selected Tourists from Oriental Mindoro, for answering the survey questionnaire of
the study.

Mrs. Marinel B. Supnet, Program head who gave them a chance to administer the
needed data from the students.

To Researcher Parent, for the love, concern and support both morally and financially.

And above all, to Almighty God who gave her the courage, wisdom and spirit to make
this research paper a successful one.

RESEARCHER

DEDICATION

To researcher parents,

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 brother and sister, friends

and relatives, this humble work is

affectionately and lovingly

dedicated.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page…………………………………………………………………………………
Approval Sheet………………………………………………………………………….
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………...
Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………………

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Dedication…………………………………………………………………………………
Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………
Chapter I Research Problem Page
Introduction……………………………………………………………………….
Statement of the Problem……………………………………………………...
Scope and Delimitation of the Study………………………………………...
Significance of the Study……………………………………………………….
Definition of Terms………………………………………………………………...
Conceptual Framework………………………………………………………...
Theoretical Framework………………………………………………………….
Chapter II Review of Related Literature and Studies
Foreign Literature…………………………………………………………………
Local Literature……………………………………………………………………
Foreign Studies…………………………………………………………………….
Local Studies………………………………………………………………………
Chapter III Methodology
Research Design………………………………………………………………….
Respondents of the study………………………………………………………
Research Instrument…………………………………………………………….
Data Gathering Procedure……………………………………………………

Chapter IV Presentations, Analysis and Interpretation

Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation…………………………………….
Chapter V Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
Summary……………………………………………………………...
Conclusion……………………………………………………………
Recommendation………………………………………………….

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APPENDICES
A. Sample Questionnaire………………………………………….
B. Validity Form………………………………………………………
C. Letter of Request……………………………………………….
D. Reliability Result………………………………………………….
E. History………………………………………………………………

BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………

CURRICULUM VITAE……………………………………………………….

CHAPTER I RESEARCH PROBLEM

INTRODUCTION

The COVID-19 declared as a pandemic by World Health Organization on March 12,

2020 of significantly impacts the global economic, political, socio cultural systems. Health

communication strategies and measures includes social distancing, travel and mobility bans,

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community lockdowns, stay at home campaigns, self or mandatory quarantine and curbs and

crowding have halted global travel, tourism and leisure.

Being a highly vulnerable industry to numerous environmental political and socio-

economic risks tourism is used to and has become resilient in bouncing back from various crisis

and outbreaks. However, the nature and the unprecedented circumstances and impacts of the

COVID-19 demonstrate signs that this crisis is not only different but it can have profound and

long term structural and transformational changes to tourism as socioeconomic activity and

industry. Indeed, the global and huge scale the multidimensional and interconnected impacts

challenging current values and systems leading to a worldwide recession and depression are the

most distinctive characteristics of this pandemic.

COVID-19 tourism impacts will be uneven in space and time and apart from the human

tool estimates show an enormous and international economic impact. International tourists’

arrival is estimated to drop to 78% causing a loss of US$ 1.2 trillion in export revenues from

tourism and 120 million direct tourism jobs cut representing seven times the impact of

September 11 and the largest decline in the history. Being one of the most important global

employers and the major GDP contributor for several countries tourism and COVID-19 are the

epicenter of all international discussions and economies within the tourism industry discussions

and research within the tourism industry and COVID-19 there is a unanimous call to see and to

use the pandemic as a transformative opportunity.

Moreover because of the interlinked socio cultural, economic, psychological and political

impacts of COVID-19 of this magnitude unforeseen trajectories instead of historical trends are

expected and the predictive power of old explanatory models may not work. Moreover, there is

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enough evidence to claim that both the tourism industry and research have matured to a good

extent providing sufficient knowledge about how to study effectively.

Tourism industry thrives on the patterns of visitations and a considerable effort are placed

by decision makers to attract visitors to support the sector and enhance the multiplier effect from

the industry. But due to the travel restrictions are being observed. It holds relevance for the

industry actors and decision makers as they face crucial task of reviving and sustaining

enterprises and industry at large. It is imperative that viewpoints of key individuals are

investigated for guiding others who are engaged in managing and observing this segment.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the world has witnessed a considerable decrease in

emissions most notably within the transportation industry including tourism related

transportation. Simultaneously, the pandemic also caused severe economic loss for the tourism

industry in general as well as popular tourist destination.

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 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The main problems are stated below:

Tourism industry operation was so much affected by COVID-19 pandemic it results to

many tourists will not easily go to different tourist destination.

Just not like before the number of tourists visited tourist destination decrease so that the

tourism industry also decreases.

Tourists will not go to their desired destination due to strict policy of every tourist places.

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 HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY

Specifically, the following objectives are stated below:

to sustain health protocols as long as there is no vaccine yet, so that travelers can go to

destination even though the pandemic are still there and will be able to access safely and

smoothly to their desired destination.

to sustain the adherence to the implemented health protocols so that the tourism economy

can grow even more, despite the pandemic and so that the tourism sector is not wasted

due to COVID19.

Able to access all tourist destination safely and smoothly by obeying the standard health

protocols implemented by the government.

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 SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY

This study covers the sustainability of tourism operation in Oriental Mindoro

amidst pandemic.

This study was limited only by the tourist going to every destination in Oriental

Mindoro.

The result of this study would be based on the five tourists selected around

Oriental Mindoro.

The study was conducted on the second semester of Academic Year 2021.

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 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The result of this study may give a great importance to the following:

Tourists. Tourists may provide the researchers information in sustainability of tourism

operation in Oriental Mindoro amidst pandemic and help them realize that they need to

improve their awareness about the situation facing the tourism destinations right now.

Professors. The usual and relevant information acquired from the study will encourage

professors to guide the researcher accomplishing the research.

Parents. This study will contribute to the parents to be aware to different protocols

implemented when they enter tourist establishment here in Oriental Mindoro.

Future researchers. This study will serve as their basis or data references in their future

study.

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 DEFINITION OF TERMS

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

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 INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

following the rules

Sustaining health about health
protocols of every protocols of every
tourist destination tourist destination
as long as there is will be safe.
no vaccine yet. The result shows
Able to access all Conducting a survey that many of the
tourist destination questionnaire respondents are
safely and Data gathering. agree that
smoothly. Making conclusion establishing these
sustain the and recommendation kind of health
adherence to the protocols will
implemented health lessen the spread of
protocols so that the the coronavirus.
tourism economy
can grow even
more, despite the
pandemic.

The conceptual framework above shows the input which is the objective of the study
while the process is the material or the instrument use in gathering the data then the output is the
result of the study.

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
FOREIGN LITERATURE

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LOCAL LITERATURE

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FOREIGN STUDIES

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LOCAL STUDIES

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH DESIGN

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RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

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CHAPTER IV PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

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CHAPTER V SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION
SUMMARY

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CONCLUSION

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RECOMMENDATION

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 APPENDICES
SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE

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VALIDITY FORM

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LETTER OF REQUEST

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RELIABILITY RESULT

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HISTORY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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CURRICULUM VITAE

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