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Amusement parks are a mainstay of family entertainment and have been for many
years. The first known amusement park was in Denmark in 1583. The first amusement
parks to open in the United States were Lake Compounce Amusement Park in Bristol, CT
and Cedar Point in Sandusky, (OH). Both still operate today. One of the most iconic
names associated with amusement parks in the United States is Coney Island, referenced
in numerous books, plays and movies. For many years Minnesota is equivalent to Coney
Island was the Excelsior Amusement Park, located on the west end of the Twin Cities
metro area. While neither the first nor the last amusement park in the Minneapolis/St.
Paul area of Minnesota, Excelsior Amusement Park had a run that lasted 49 years. Over
the years, The Park catered to families by offering ease of access via public transit,
exciting rides for kids of all ages, picnic areas for family gatherings, and entertainment
acts that captivated everyone’s attention. Fred W. Pearce built, owned and operated the
new park when it opened in 1925. He was part of the movement to expand the
amusement park concept westward after the success out east. The local streetcar
company, Twin Cities Rapid Transit Company (TCRT) leased 1600 feet of lakefront,
owner of the Excelsior Park Company purchased the land outright in the 1930s, but the
rail line would continue to operate as one of the main modes of transportation for the
activities. Under the background of the creative economy, theme park is a tourism
Organization (WTO) predicted, theme park is one of the three trends of the development
of international tourism right now and in the future. With the Disneyland settled down in
Shanghai, the theme park become the most talked topic of whole world and the academic
research focus once again. Through consulting a large number of literature at home and
abroad, the paper elaborates the industry mainly from the historical evolution and
classification of the theme park, diversity, space layout and industry linkage. And the
paper points out the future development of the theme park, which has guiding
rising tourism industry, appeared in 1950s in the United States. The Disneyland created
by Walt Disney's in the southern California, is the first theme park in the word with
modern meaning. It abandoned the single mechanical nature of the amusement park,
created the theme of the park and made visitors feel personally on the scene which
forming a coherent and abundant experience with running through the mainline. The
theme park industry in China is growing up with Shenzhen Splendid China opened for
At the same time, it has pushed the theme park as a new way of tourism into whole
country. With the Disneyland settled down in Shanghai, the theme park become the most
talked topic of whole world and the focus of academic research once again. With the
expansion of globalization and development of the theme park, theme park in the world
has entered the homogeneity competition period, especially the construction of the
Disney theme park in the global scope. It brings many problems, such as the mimic of the
same type theme park, a lack of new idea, etc. The theme park is located and constructed
according to the local cultural tradition. Because of the difference of Chinese and western
culture, the cultural and the construction of theme park are different. Meanwhile, there
are significant differences with tourism vacation system between foreign countries and
China. The difference of research progress, living habits, values, hard and soft facilities
makes the direction of domestic and foreign theme park development also differ.
park must develop toward the general trend of sustainability, ecological features,
innovativeness and cultural. Disney's success lies in the transfer of the film part in the
theme park and the use of technology to realize virtual landscape and reduction of various
film scene. It makes the tourists find pleasure in it and realize the experience of a fairy
proprietary business and part of the core product differentiation strategy of outsourcing.
With high-tech products into the direction of the construction of theme park and take this
opportunity to broaden the theme park marketing channels, enhance participation and
entertaining visitors, which one of the research direction of theme park development.
Conceptual Framework
Senior High School Students basis Often visit Sky Ranch Tagaytay
to choose Sky Ranch Tagaytay as
Tourist Spot
The conceptual framework illustrate the Senior High School Students basis why
they often visit Sky Ranch Tagaytay and to choose Sky Ranch Tagaytay as Tourist Spot.
Definition of Terms
group.
CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
This study was conducted in order to evaluate the factors that may affects to the
Senior High School students for choosing Sky Ranch Tagaytay as tourist spot. To be able
to gather the data information, the researchers applied descriptive method using the
1. Research Design
emphasize the statistical, mathematical, and numerical data that gathered from surveys,
2. The Sample
The researchers randomly choose 288 Senior High School Students, either Grade
11 or Grade 12. The random sampling technique that researchers used is Stratified
Random Technique.
population into the smaller groups it also known as strata. In stratified random sampling
technique or stratifaction, the strata are designated on members that shared attributes or
characteristics.
ABM 156 45
GAS 34 10
TOURISM 68 20
HUMMS 195 56
ANIMATION 56 17
PROGRAMMING 225 65
STEM 262 75
3. Research Insrument
survey questionnaire particularly on the Senior High School Students to know the
factors that affects to them by choosing Sky Ranch Tagaytay as Tourist Spot. The
4. Sky Ranch has favourable accommodation, what can ypou say about it ?
6. Have you already visited Sky Ranch Tagaytay? How many times?
7. As a Senior High School Student, do you think the Sky Ranch Tagaytay is the
tourist spot?
9. What are you basis to consider Sky Ranch Tagaytay as a tourist Spot ?
4. Data Gathering
Data were taken from the questionnaires that were used to gather
information of the respondents. Results were evaluated to determine the Factors that
affects Senior High School Students for chossing Sky Ranch Tagaytay as Tourist
Spot . In this research, the researchers gather the number of population or students in
each strand in AMA Computer College Amadeo. Each number of students in every strand
indicates accordingly in the table. Knowing the sample, the exact number of population
in every strand will be divided into 996 which is the total number of population of all
strand and multiplied to the result of sample size or the result of N which is the Slovins’
Formula that researchers used. The total number of sample will be the respondents of the
researchers.
AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE – CAVITE CAMPUS
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
5. Data Analysis
distribution of questionnaires.
Slovins’ Formula
n = N / (1 + N e2)
Where:
n = sample size
N= population