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Tourism Development Plan: National Library of the Philippines
“Tourism Development Plan: National Library of the Philippines”
– Nation’s Literature’s Shelter Beautification

A Thesis Proposal
Presented to the
Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (ITHM)
Far Eastern University (FEU) – Manila

In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for
Tourism Planning and Development (TPAD)

__________

By

Baladad, Arlou Belle P.
Celestial, Danisse Ann P.
Fabros, Jeric Neil V.
Huang, Ya-Hui E.
Opinaldo, Cathleen Karla L.
Platino, Shane Marienette M.

October 2014
ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The researchers would like to express a sincere and deep appreciation to their families for supporting them financially and morally on working on this research paper; their professor, Ms. April Dopeño, for guiding them on precise ways to accomplish this research paper and unselfishly sharing with them her knowledge to be applied in their study; all of the officers of National Library of the Philippines and tourism department of Manila City Hall that the researchers conversed with, for willingly accepting their request of conducting an interview with them, patiently telling the data that the researchers would like to gather, and being willing to spend ample time to answer their questions with regard to their study, and lastly, the electronic resources, such as EBSCOhost, National Library of the Philippines, etc., for providing them some useful information that pertains to their study.

VISION AND MISSION

The modernity of National Library of the Philippines tends to adapt to rapid global technological advances and catch up with other modernized libraries elsewhere, and its American style of architecture which upholds the sophistication makes visitors feel like passing through the history since it was established in American colonial period.

National Library of the Philippines aims to provide a comfortable learning ambiance for visitors, upgrade most of the facilities to look more authentic, and enhance the creativity of facility design

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