Educational Tours as a Learning Tool to the Third Year Tourism Students of De La Salle University- Dasmarinas

Abstract

Educational tours are part of the curriculum of the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management, De La Salle University-Dasmarinas.They are highly significant to the students especially Tourism students.The purpose of this study was to determine how effective educational tours were as a learning tool using the Experiential Learning Theory by David Kolb.This study determined the demographic profile of the third year tourism students in terms of gender, section, educational tours joined and monthly family income and lastly, this study determined if there is a significant difference between the demographic profile of the respondents and their assessment of educational tours as a learning tool.The researchers used exploratory research design with the third year students of the Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management as the population size and used random sampling method.The researchers made a survey questionnaire and utilized statistical tools such as weighted mean, frequency distribution, percentage, standard deviation, T-test and ANOVA.It is recommended that The college must organize tours that will expose students to experience foreign culture, historical sites, riding different modes of transportation, more activities that will engage the students to reflect and interact with the locals, seminars that would emphasize on the skills, and attitude of those in the tourism profession in that educational tour, allowing the students to use their knowledge when planning their own itinerary, it should be an affordable educational tour for students that have limited financial resources.

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