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THESIS ABSTRACT 1. Title: THE IMPACT OF LOCAL TOURISM TO BOOST LOCAL ECONOMY IN THE CITY OF BAGUIO LEA-GRACE SALCEDO y BANDIWAN THESIS UNPUBLISHED SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY A. Bonifacio Street, Baguio City, 2600 Philippines

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PRIVATE IMPACT, LOCAL TOURISM, LOCAL ECONOMY, and CITY OF BAGUIO

8. Abstract 8.1. Summary

The study dealt with the impact of tourism programs for the years 20012004 to income, employment and taxation as perceived by TOEs and TREs. The study used the descriptive method that analyzed and described the perceived impact of TOEs and TREs. There were two groups of respondents wherein each of the group, there are four sub groups. There were 98 TOEs and 105 TREs with a total of 203 respondents. The primary tool used in the data gathering was the questionnaire. Secondary sources were books, articles, journals, websites in the internet, unpublished theses and other printed sources related to the study that were also to support and strengthen the findings of the study. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze and interpret the data gathered such as percentages, averages and weighted means. The weighted means were used to describe the perceptions of the TOEs and TREs while the F-test was used test the null hypothesis of the study. The chi-square was further used to see if there lies a significant difference between the perceptions of the TOEs and TREs per year. The 0.05 level of significance was used as reference in accepting or rejecting the null hypothesis. As to the TOEs, they did not differ from each other except for accommodation facilities. The perception of TREs showed that they did not differ from each other. As to the difference of the perception of the sub-industries, they do not differ, regardless if there are considered as TOEs or TREs. Though they differ if there is a comparison per year. 8.2. Findings

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