Abstract: Religious tourism had clearly increased all over the years that results remarkable impacts in different aspects of its immediate community. As one of the most important products of religious tourism, church had been serving its people for decades of years and all throughout those years it became a significant part for some people to fulfil their religious needs especially during Lenten season. The study aims to determine the tourism impacts of Our Lady of Candelaria Parish Church in such aspects of environmental, socio-cultural and economic to its immediate community, to also determine the significant difference of the respondents’ assessments when grouped according to their demographic profile and result to a sustainable management plan of action for the church. The researchers used descriptive method, quantitative method and utilized an adapted questionnaire from existing studies as the main data gathering tool moreover researchers used stratified convenience as a sampling method of the study. The 359 respondents came from 5 different barangays of Silang, Cavite in which it consists of people from nearby places and church workers such as people who served under different church-related organizations. The respondents strongly agreed on the impacts of the church on the socio-cultural aspect of its immediate community while agreed on the environmental aspect. In terms of economic aspect of the community, respondents disagreed on the impacts of the church. Each assessed weak points of the impacts will be provided with an enhanced sustainable tourism management plan.
Keywords: religious tourism, church, sustainable management plan of action, tourism management journal.
Title: ENHANCED SUSTAINABLE TOURISM MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR OUR LADY OF CANDELARIA PARISH CHURCH IN SILANG, CAVITE
Author: Ebreo, Amiel Kent Irvin A., Joson, Renz Kennedy E., Mr. Ernesto Mandigma Jr.
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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