THE STATUS OF MANGAYAO,ECO TOURISM PARK IN PADRE BURGOS QUEZON:BASIS FOR A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Eco Tourism Park was established primarily to conserve and enhance natural scenery, wildlife, and cultural heritage. However, over the years this aim has slightly broadened to include education, recreation, and local poverty reduction. Nowadays, national parks all over the world are important tourist destinations. Ecotourism is a perfect example of direct monetary values provided by nature. Increasing interests in nature-based tourism made it one of the largest and fastest growing segments of tourism industry in the last decade. However, a key consideration for managers is to be aware that achieving the dual goals of conservation and tourism requires regular assessment of tourism satisfaction and preferences to find out whether ecotourism needs are in accordance with conservation goals. Chapter 1 is divided into six parts: (1) Introduction and Problem Settings 4 (2) Background and objectives of the Study (3) Statement of the Problem, (4) Significance of the Study and Scope and Limitation, and (5) Theoretical Framework. Part One Introduction and Problem Settings, Part Two Background and objectives of the Study, identify the main and specific problems that the research hoped to answer as well as the objectives tested. Part Three, Statement of the Problem concise description of the issues that needs to be addressed by a problem solving team. It is used to center and focus the team at the beginning, keeps the team on track during the effort, and is used to validate that the effort delivered an outcome that solves the problem statement. Part Four, Significance of the Study, cites the benefits that may be derived from the results of the investigation. Part Five, Theoretical Framework of the Study, presents the reasons for choosing the problem and the theoretical framework upon which the study was anchored. Part Six Definition of Terms, gives the conceptual and operational meanings of the important terms used in the study.