COMMUNITY AWARENESS ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION FOR ECO-TOURISM SUSTAINABILITY IN EL NIDO, PALAWAN
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community awareness, environment protection, eco-tourism sustainability, cultural developmentAbstract
This study was aimed to determine the community awareness on environment conservation for eco-tourism sustainability in El Nido, Palawan. The researcher used the interview method in an open-ended questionnaire to gather the data from one hundred twenty (120) respondents residing in El Nido, Palawan on August 1 and 2, 2019, with objectives that determine the following: respondents’ understanding of the term environment conservation; important things to consider in eco-tourism conservation; participation in ecotourism conservation activities happening in the area or nearby community; opinion on who and why they benefited from those eco-tourism activities; issues associated in eco-tourism area; the reasons why they should be involved in any future conservation projects; and, proposed interventions done by the researcher derived from the study to enhance environmental conservation awareness for eco-tourism sustainability in El Nido, Palawan.
Respondents’ understanding of the term environment conservation was environment protection (Table 1); while the important thing to consider, was household and industrial water waste disposal (Table 2); on primary participation, it was solid waste segregation and disposal (Table 3); in terms of the respondent’s opinion on who and why they benefited from those eco-tourism activities, it was the business owners for business operations stability (Table 4); on the issue associated in eco-tourism area was pollution on air and water (Table 5); on the reason they must be involved, was part of an obligation as a member of the community to conserve El Nido as eco-tourism destiny (Table 6); and, on proposed interventions done by a researcher to enhanced environment conservation awareness in the community, is to conduct information through seminars and brochure dissemination to the community
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