ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES OF THE HOTEL AND RESORT

OWNERS WITHIN CENRO CASIGURAN JURISDICTION

JASMINE ESCOBAR

A Master’s Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Department of Graduate Studies

Aurora State College of Technology, Zabali, Baler, Aurora, Philippines
In partial fulfillment of the requirements
For the Degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE
(Major in Environmental Management)

April 2020
 APPROVAL SHEET

This thesis entitled, “ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES OF

THE HOTEL AND RESORT OWNERS WITHIN CENRO CASIGURAN
JURISDICTION”, prepared and submitted by JASMINE ESCOBAR as partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE major in Environmental
Management is hereby accepted.

EUTIQUIO L. ROTAQUIO, Jr., PhD MARIA CRISTINA B. CAÑADA

Member Member

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Date Signed Date Signed

MICHELLE A. RESUEÑO
Adviser

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Accepted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF

SCIENCE major in Environmental Management.

RB J. GALLEGO
Director, Graduate Studies

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EUSEBIO V. ANGARA, PhD

Vice President for Academic Affairs

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE
TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS v
LIST OF TABLES vii
LIST OF FIGURES vii
LIST OF APPENDICES vii
ABSTRACT ix
INTRODUCTION 1
Statement of the Problem 2
Significance of the Study 3
Scope and Delimitations 4
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 5
Sustainable Environment 5
Hotel and Resort Industry
METHODOLOGY 12
Conceptual Framework 12
Definition of Terms 12
Research Method 13
Locale of the Study 14
Respondents and Sampling Method 14
Research Instrument 14
Data Gathering Procedure 14
Statistical Analysis 15
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 16
Profile of the Respondents 16
Environmental Sustainability Practices of Hotel and Resorts Owner
Environmental Sustainability as Perceived by Hotel and Resorts Owner 18
Environmental Sustainability Practices 20
Importance of Environmental Sustainability Practices 22
Environmental Attitude and Ecological Behavior 24
Tourist Loyalty
Relationship of Tourist’s Loyalty on the Environmental Practices of Hotel 25
and Resort Operators
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 28
Summary of the Findings 28
Conclusions 28
Recommendations 29
REFERENCES 31
APPENDICES 34
 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE PAGE

1 Range and Interpretation of the five-point Scale 17

2 Respondents’ Opinion on Sustainability and Sustainable Tourism 19
3 Respondents’ opinion towards responsibility for environmental 21
sustainability of hotel and resorts development
4 Environmental sustainability practices of the respondents 24
5 Benefits of environmental sustainability practices 25
6 Environmental attitude and ecological behavior of the respondents 27
7 Tourists loyalty
8 Dependency of Tourist’s Loyalty on the Environmental Practices of
Hotel and Resort Operators

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE PAGE
1 Paradigm of the Study 12

LIST OF APPENDICES
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1 Questionnaire 34

ABSTRACT

JASMINE ESCOBAR, Department of Graduate Studies, Aurora State College of

Technology, Baler, Aurora, Philippines, June 2020. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

PRACTICES OF THE HOTEL AND RESORT OWNERS WITHIN CENRO

CASIGURAN JURISDICTION.

Adviser:
 The study aimed to identify consumer and employee beliefs about environmental

sustainability practices of hotel and resorts owners within the jurisdiction of CENRO-Casiguran.

The study used descriptive method of research involving hotel and resorts owner, employees and

tourists. The data were categorized and subjected to statistical treatments such as frequency

count, weighted mean, and independent t-test.

The hotel and resorts owner and employees were 41-50 years old and 51-60 years old,

mostly are female, married, and high school graduate. Tourists were mostly 20-30 years old,

female, married, and college graduate.

The environmental sustainability practices of hotel and resorts owners as well as the

attitude towards sustainability and sustainable tourism, responsibility for environmental

sustainability of hotel and resorts development, environmental sustainability practices, and

benefits of environmental sustainability practices were determined. The tourists were found to be

loyal to the hotel and resorts they used to visit.

Using t-test to validate correlation coefficients, the calculated p-value of .018 which is

lower than 0.5 level of significance shows that there is a significant and substantial relationship

between environmental attitude and ecological behavior and tourist’s loyalty. But there is no

significant relationship between respondent’s attitude towards sustainability and sustainable

tourism, responsibility for environmental sustainability of hotel and resorts development,

environmental sustainability practices, and benefits of environmental sustainability practices.

It was concluded that the respondents have a positive level of attitude towards

sustainability and sustainable tourism, responsibility for environmental sustainability of hotel

and resorts development, environmental sustainability practices, and benefits of environmental

sustainability practices hence their environmental practices have a bearing on their

environmental sustainability attitude. The tourist intension to remain as guest is manifested.

Hence, significant and substantial relationship between environmental attitude and ecological

behavior and tourist’s loyalty was also found.