Asia Pacific Journal of Educational Perspective, Vol. 8 No. 2, December 2021 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 65 Factors Affecting Tourism and Hospitality Students’ Behavior and Their Adaptation Level on Online Learning Approach of LPU-Laguna Asia Pacific Journal Educational Perspective Vol. 8 No. 2, 65-71 December 2021 ISSN 2782-8557 Viella Marie S. Cortez 1 , Jean Claudine R. Dumalaon 2 , Michelle Ann C. Lukban 3 , Juvy C. Tamondong 4 Lyceum of the Philippines University-Laguna vmcortez@lpulaguna.edu.ph 1 , jcrdumalaon@lpulaguna.edu.ph 2 , malukban@lpulaguna.edu.ph 3 , juvy.tamondong@lpulaguna.edu.ph 4 Date Received: September 8, 2021; Date Revised: November 9, 2021; Date Accepted: November 23, 2021 Abstract – The rapid widespread of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the educational sector to shift the learning method from traditional to online approach. Within this context, this study assessed the factors that affects the behavior and adaptation level on online learning approach of tourism and hospitality students of LPU-Laguna. The descriptive method in quantitative research was used in this study and the data was collected from the 134 tourism and hospitality students of LPU-Laguna through an online self-made survey questionnaire. The findings indicate that online class have a positive effect on the students’ personality, values, attitude, and interest but there is an anxiety experienced. The factors like learning environment, resources, and teaching method manifest that they strongly agreed that these factors positively affect the students’ behavior and their adaptation level in online learning. Contrary to that, the factor amount of information negatively affects students’ behavior like preventing to make decision. Furthermore, majority of the students adapts easily with learning modalities (synchronous and asynchronous) imposed by LPU- Laguna, however, they still encounter communication problems with their instructor. In this case, intervention plan was produced from the result of the significant variables that may contribute for the successful online learning of LPU-Laguna. Keywords – Adaptation level, Behavior, Online learning Cite this article as: Cortez, V.M.C., Dumalaon, C.R., Lukban, M.A.C., Tamondong, J.C., (2021). Factors Affecting Tourism and Hospitality Students’ Behavior and Their Adaptation Level on Online Learning Approach of LPU-Laguna, Asia Pacific Journal of Educational Perspectives, 8(2), 65-71 INTRODUCTION Education has the power to change the life of an individual by means of developing valuable knowledge and moral attributes imploring a positive impact in the human life. Facilitating a good education by creating a modern learning approach such as blended learning offers flexibility in the educational learning experience through face-to-face and technology-based learning [1]. The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 has shocked the world and the World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) declares it as pandemic [2]. When the DOH releases the report about COVID-19’s first case in the Philippines, President Duterte signed the Proclamation No. 922 on March 8, 2020, where the country was declared to be placed under the state of public health emergency. The current situation prohibits face-to-face interaction and mass gatherings. Therefore, HEIs stated that both public and private schools and universities must adjust through an innovative way of shifting from the traditional to remote teaching modalities (synchronous and asynchronous). The CHED issued a Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 04, Series of 2020 indicating the guidelines of the Implementation of Flexible Learning. For the school year 2020-2021, a flexible system was proposed by CHED, together with Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infection Disease (IATF), in reopening of classes for all colleges and universities in the country. Under the flexible learning system, schools and universities adapt the new learning system that covers offline and online activities [3]. Lyceum of the Philippines University – Laguna (LPU Laguna), as a Higher Educational Institution (HEI), uses a traditional learning system until Coronavirus (COVID-19) came. They shifted from traditional to online learning due to pandemic and for