Sustainable hospitality and tourism are not
just rising industry trend. It’s also quickly becoming a
top priority — if not a moral imperative — for
hospitality leaders and hotel businesses around the
world. Beyond the noble goal of environment protection
there are economic factors driving the industry trend
toward sustainability as well. This study was intended to
determine the environmental impacts of selected Hotel
and Restaurant establishments in Cabanatuan City.
With the effort of researcher, the result of the study
highlights information dissemination and awareness to
the current hotel and restaurant owners and future
people who would like to venture in this industry what
are the impacts that might affect the environment if
improper practices employ within the establishment’s
operations and could guide managers and supervisors in
making plan and implementation of rules and guidelines
throughout the operations. Quantitative research was
carried out in this study and was piloted in selected
Barangay in Cabanatuan City with hotel and restaurant
establishments. The researcher used structured
questionnaires to conduct the survey and collect the data
needed. Findings shows that the hotel and restaurant
establishments within the selected area of Cabanatuan
City doesn’t contribute to the listed negative
environmental effects, instead they help to develop and
improved the public infrastructure, accessibility and
delivery of public service within the area. After
formulation of conclusions, the researcher recommends
to conduct further study that will help to sustain the
current positive impacts and prevent the negative
impacts from happening in the operations of the hotel
and restaurant establishment within the areas.
Keywords : Environmental Impacts, Hotel, Restaurant