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    CHAPTER Introduction Culture and Tourism This chapter presents comprehensive survey discussions of the major tourist destination areas in the Philippines. Major discussions will be on access, health and safety issues, geographical characteristics, major attractions, gastronomy, and distinctive cultural attributes of the various regions of the country related to the development and promotion of tourism in the Philippines. Objectives By the end of the chapter, students should be able to: accept the economic value of the tourist destinations in the different provinces and cities of the Philippines; 1. 2. identify the various provinces in each region and town, and chartered and component cities in each, province on a blank map; 3. _ identify the major access routes to major domestic destinations; 4, name and describe major attractions in each province; know the cultural differences and similarities among the major ethnic groups in the country; and 6. improve their research and presentation skills. Introduction _ @# ~~ wy . lew Philippine Tourism: An Overvie Th cult ore spitable people in the / eae cae with locals of different destin is a beautiful and archipelagic country. On to, pines is a attractions are the friendliest, most hi P Fits natural + and considered the » easy for Foreign tousin rdworking nd world. Filipinos are bilingual, making it 0st ions. Sto communi ‘The Philippines has several UNESCO world heritage sites. These include th Baroque Churches of the Philippines, such as the San Agustin Church in Man Church in llocos Norte, Sta. Maria Chi eae e Historie ‘Town of Vigan and the Rice Terraces-of the Philippine Cordilleras are among those listed undercaltural heritage. Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanetuaryin Eastern Mindanao, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, and Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park in Palawan are also listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites Natural category The Philippines is also home to the internationally acclaimed white sand beachés of Boracay, Coron, El Nido, and Panglao. © cultural la, Paoa hin Ilocos Sur, and Miag-ao in loilo, Th, ‘Tourism the Philippines has become a valuable economic, social, and cultural pacts have been far and wide based on arrival rates each year, Based oy driver. Its origin, international tourism and domestic tourism are the two distinct types of touries International tourism refers to tourism that crosses national borders w tourism is defined as travel made within one’s country of residence, le domestic There is no discounting the fact that with cheaper and easier ways of travel, socal and higher disposable income, more and more people wi outside their countries. As domeitic tourism develops, and environmental protection need to be addressed. medi be traveling within and economic and socio-cultural impacts Economic Aspect On the economic vantage point, dome: tourism contributes vastly in increasing & country’s economic activity. In the Philippines, domestic tourism activity has become increasingly high. Domestic tourists outnumber intern Domestic tourism expenditure, nal tourists ten times more. which includes expenditure of resident visitors within the country either as domestic trip or part of sin international trip, In terms of employment, tourism and related industries have 10 jobs are tourism-related. has grown because of tourism. grown considerably: 1 out of Socio-cultural Aspect The Philippine culture is a blend of the Malay-Polynesian, res with some influence from the Chinese and other Asian Hispanic, and Western cultures. Having Spain cultu color ___rilipinos have a very strong sense of fam Bive importance to our relationships with oth hospitable people in the world wherein ve think of others as part of themselves and their ily and kapwa (others). This is evident in the way we ers. The Filipinos are known to be one of the = amily sot art in many te ie is an integral part of the Filipino is Me eHL LY singing. dhaneing, and playing musical instrun vated inv itis ae aratelluliess to py pen imony of the Vilipi uultare as ovidk ee town, nts. ‘T os faith and fiestas vel wal’ the eommtay is at Hon saints where canting ave part at the dane tivities, stv singing, and any religious Environmental Protection One of the F He of the major thyeats to environmental protection is the continuous growth of jourism industey or of the environment The implementation of laws and other policies in fe has to be strictly enforced for touri ny development to be sustainable, R) the protection of the environment in line with proposed tourism development in various areas, The Philippines has the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (D The 4 As of Tourism that is in line with the 4 As sed The succeeding chapters are organized in a manne tourism —aceess, attracti and activities. The 4 As need to be de , modations, for domestic tourism to Hourish in any des ns, ACEOU tion. Access — Land, sea, and air access to and from the destination as well as within the destination should be relatively fast and e day. The sts would not want to be traveling the whole 1 than on the bus, boat, or plane. Roads, prefir to be spending time on the dest brid ptable levels toaceommodate the influx of tour and ports should be developed toac is bes © of i Attractions ~ ‘Phe main reason tourists go to a destination nd/or built/man e, natural, made. There The attractions can be cultural/heritage/histori ould be a gooul mix of these three types for good variet should be a wide range of accommodations that vary from Accommodations = Thi nd deluxe. This way, the d s from a wide ination can attract tour budget, mid-range, should include the most basic needs of a comfortable demographic profile. Accommodations acc » toilets, and food services. Wi-Fi is becoming a necessity for tourist to bed, cles conneet with their loved ones. ctivities located close to ination should also oller a variety of a Activities — The des each other. The activities within a ports, MICE jon wants to be and hard pend more. hould be conn ccted to each other with varying deg , health and wellness, medical, clude adventu mes would simila theme. Th ings known as an adve and events), ete, Fo conferences, (meet , incentive ination, then activities should range from soft, medium ture des <. A good mix of activities will keep tourists to stay longer and s adventure acti ‘Ag local tourism in the country execeds international tourist arrivals by as much as 10 times, destination manag na accommodations, and ame make. J the contribution that loca can not dis s s should also be designed with the local Hence, activities, tourist in mind. In fact, many tourist facilities such a hotels and resorts have acknowledged s are local tours ts. the fact that majority of its gu ee Bas ic Facts Abou the Philippines he Philippines intl a Islands in din the Philippines: peated in the morthern region of dhe Island, loc i ne save Luzon 1 anost populous island. Italo hy te argest a the three count among ig farther ; — a sn Luzon, and the National Capital Re Southern '4 nd groups. Having an area af is the country’s center of ec ‘ohomic, ital, Manila and li capital development (Valle finan 9, Smallest Island in the Philippines ‘The Philippines consists of thousands of islands and there j 0 known

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