Abstract

he study assessed the potential of Manila Bay Dolomite Beach in the Philippines as tourism destination and how the stakeholders sustained the environmental protection of the beach. It also determined any significant relationship between the tourism destination potential and the environmental sustainability of Manila Bay Dolomite Beach. A total of 121 respondents chosen through convenience sampling participated the survey. The reliability of the Likert-type questionnaire utilized was tested using Cronbach Alpha with a high internal consistency of 0.817 and a p-value of .001. The study was accomplished utilizing descriptive-correlational research design. This methodology allowed to acquire the needed data subject for statistical analysis, using the Statistical Package for Social Science version 20. With the computed average of the weighted mean of 4.29, the respondents “strongly agree” that Manila Bay Dolomite Beach is a potential tourism destination, and with the computed 4.64, the stakeholders “strongly agree” to the environmental protection of Manila Bay Dolomite Beach. The relationship between the tourism destination potential and the environmental sustainability of Manila Bay Dolomite Beach was determined using Pearson r., with 0.298, p-value of .001, implying significant relationship.

Keywords: dolomite, environment, Manila Bay, tourism, sustainability

 

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