Tourism Development Planning

Study Notes

Comprises experts in land use planning, architecture, disaster risk reduction, and community development.
Project components include hazard analysis, impact analysis, tourism resource assessment, and transportation infrastructure planning.
Additional plans involve marketing, gender development, disaster risk management, financial investment promotion, and institutional capacity development.

Consulting firms often hired by local or national governments for tourism plan formulation.
Consists of a project manager, assistants, and external experts to manage and support the project.
Logistics, travel arrangements, and stakeholder coordination are handled by support staff.

Essential to consult various stakeholders, as they provide local insights and reflect community sentiments regarding tourism development.
Ignoring stakeholders can lead to project resistance and implementation delays.

Should cover tourism's place within broader development plans like the National Development Plan and Regional Development Plan.
Needs legal reviews, training needs analysis, tourism resources inventory, and oversight of ongoing tourism-related projects.

Laws such as the Tourism Act of 2009 and Local Government Code of 1991 shape tourism development.
Compliance with the National Building Code and regulations for protected areas under the NIPAS Act is required for tourism structure designs.

Essential for technical and entrepreneurial skills development, facilitated by TESDA and DOT-certified training centers.
Training includes customer service, tour guiding, and hospitality skills.

Key considerations include prioritization of travel, international openness, price competitiveness, and environmental sustainability.
Infrastructure development must cover air transport, ground transport, and tourist service facilities.

IPs have rights to ownership and development of ancestral domains, including negotiation for resource exploration that ensures environmental protection.
Tourism studies in IP territories require a permit from the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples.

The Magna Carta for Disabled Persons mandates barrier-free access in public and private establishments.
The Expanded Senior Citizens Act provides various discounts and privileges for seniors aged 60 and above.

Primary tourism enterprises include travel services, accommodation, and convention organizers, with mandatory accreditation requirements.
Secondary tourism enterprises, like spas and wellness services, have voluntary accreditation.

Defined area of at least five hectares with historical or environmental significance, intended to enhance socioeconomic development.
Fiscal incentives include income tax holidays and exemption from customs duties for qualified investors.

Regulate construction in sensitive environments to preserve natural beauty and ecosystem health.
Architectural guidelines dictate building height, siting, and landscaping to maintain environmental integrity.

Jafari (2001) identified four platforms influencing tourism goals: advocacy, cautionary, adapting, and knowledge-based.
Advocacy platform promotes tourism's economic benefits, potentially leading to mass tourism challenges.
Cautionary platform highlights tourism's negative impacts, resulting in governmental hesitance.
Adapting platform focuses on conservation and community control, using ecotourism and community-based models.
Knowledge-based platform assesses tourism's impacts neutrally, recognizing that management quality influences sustainability.