Philippine Tourism, Geography and Culture

Tourism and Sustainable Tourism

Tourism
 The sum of the phenomena and relationships arising from the travel and stay of non-residents, in so far
as they do not lead to permanent residence and are not connected to any earning activity. - Prof.
Hunziker and Krapf of Berne University

 The temporary short-term movement of people (less than a year) to destinations outside the places where
they normally live and work, as well as their activities during their stay at these destinations. – Tourism
Society in Britain

Sustainable tourism

Sustainable tourism, one that establishes a suitable balance between the environmental, economic and
socio-cultural aspects of tourism development, plays an important role in conserving biodiversity. It attempts to
minimize its impact on the environment and local culture so that it will be available for future generations,
while contributing to generate income, employment, and the conservation of local ecosystems.

By doing so, sustainable tourism maximizes the positive contribution of tourism to biodiversity
conservation and thus to poverty reduction and the achievement of common goals towards sustainable
development.

Sustainable tourism provides crucial economic incentives for habitat protection. Revenues from visitor
spending are often channeled back into nature conservation or capacity building programmed for local
communities to manage protected areas.

Furthermore, tourism can be a key vehicle in raising awareness and fostering positive behavior change
for biodiversity conservation among the millions of people travelling the globe every year.

Differentiate A Tourist from A Non-Tourist

Would you be a Traveler or tourist?

 Tourist is a person who travels to destinations outside his/her residence and working place, and stays
for at least 24 hours, for the purpose of leisure or business.

 Excursionist is a temporary visitor staying less than 24 hours in the destination visited and not making
overnight stay, for the purpose of leisure or business.

To summarize, travelers are people who go to somewhere else. Tourists are people who go to another
place to have fun. Some people prefer not to be called tourists, however, because they do not want to be
associated with tourists who have behaved badly in the past.
Different Types of Tourism

 Domestic Tourism – Taking Holidays and Trips in your own country. An example of domestic tourism
for UK residents would be, a family from Birmingham in the Midlands taking a short break to the
seaside resort of Blackpool.
 Inbound Tourism – Visitors from overseas coming into the country. Generally, when we use the term
inbound tourism in the UK we are referring to the people from different countries travelling to UK. E.g.
a tourist coming from the USA to the UK
 Outbound Tourism –Travelling to a different country for a visit or a holiday. Generally, when we use the
term outbound tourism in the UK we are referring to the UK residents travelling out of the UK. For
example, you are an outbound tourist from the UK if you go to Spain on holiday.

Different Types of Travel

There are many types of travel motivations (reason why people travel) but for statistical purposes they
are categorised according to their purpose of travel:

 Leisure Travel - includes travel for holidays, cultural events, recreation sports.
 Business Travel - includes all travel for business reasons such as meetings, conferences and exhibitions;
usually business travellers have their expenses paid by their company.
 Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) - includes all travel for the purpose of meeting friends and
relatives, either within your own country or abroad.

Three Stages Of Tourism Experience