Abstract: The City of Dasmariñas had a lot of well-known resorts in the area in which it provides relaxation and recreation which caters different guests. The study explores the economic benefits of the resorts in the City of Dasmariñas, through knowing the different factors on economic benefits such as direct impact, indirect impact and induced effect. The study had four selected subject resorts such as Tubigan Resort, Saniya Resort, Volets and Palmas Del Sol. The respondents subject to answer the survey questionnaire where the employees of each resort there are 100 respondents each has 25 employees. The result shows that were most of the workers in the resort industry in the city of Dasmariñas age 18 to 29, male with an educational attainment of college graduate and a monthly income of 10,000 to 19,999 pesos. The most economic benefit based on direct impact is Resort Industry Generates Jobs while on Indirect Impact was Resort Industry activity in the area helps creation of jobs from other industries and induced effect Resort industry increases the income of a person needed in purchasing goods and services. Overall, the respondents agree that the resort industry had an economic benefit on direct impact, indirect impact, and induced effect and there is a significant difference between the profile of the respondents such as age and gender and induced impact economic benefit.
Keywords: Direct Impact, Economic Benefits, Hotel Resort, Indirect Impact and Induced Effect.
Title: ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF SELECTED RESORTS IN DASMARIÑAS CITY, CAVITE: BASIS FOR A PROPOSED ECONOMIC STRATEGY
Author: Ma. Jolly L. Tapawan, April Rose D. Movido, Queenie Aira E. Lucero, Dr. Jimford Tabuyo
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