Abstract: Educational tours are one of the anticipated events by the students particularly to those who are taking up a degree in Tourism Management since it is relevant in their curriculum and learning experience. The College of Tourism and Hospitality Management of De La Salle University - Dasmariñas offers educational tours that mold students to be globally competitive to meet the growing demand of the travel and tourism industry. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of educational tours on their learning experiences. The socio-cultural theory was utilized to determine the socio-cultural impacts of tourism in Taiwan as well as the challenges encountered by the students during the tour. The study used a qualitative research design and conducted a focus group discussion as the data gathering method. Among the third-year tourism students who joined the Taiwan tour, a total of 50 students participated in the focus group discussion. The gathered data were transcribed, interpreted, and analyzed narratively. The findings of the study showed the relevance of the positive and negative socio-cultural impacts of tourism in Taiwan to the learning experiences of the students. The challenges encountered by the students in the Taiwan tour served as the basis for the researchers to create recommendations that would enhance the educational tours to be conducted in the future by the department.
Keywords: Taiwan, educational tours, socio-cultural impacts of tourism, learning experience, tourism.
Title: Educational Tours: Its Impact on the Learning Experiences of the Third-year Tourism Students (S.Y. 2020-2021) in De La Salle University – Dasmariñas
Author: Lim, Chelsi Rae R., Barcelona, Tricia Ann, Ramos, Alex Romeo M., Mandigma, Ernesto Jr.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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