Handout 4 Flashcards
Tourism planning begins with analyzing the available resources a destination is capable of offering. In this section, the entire capacity of a destination is evaluated to assess its readiness for tourism, such as natural and cultural attractions, tourism governance, tourism trends, and more.
Situational Analysis
helps in focusing on what the tourism plan wants to achieve. Establishing this will serve as a guide in the entire development process
Goals, Vision, and Strategic Directions
These are the concrete actions that serve as a means to achieve established goals and objectives
Action Plans
This is an important element of a tourism plan that pertains to the amount of monetary investment required to carry out the strategies and action plans in order to achieve desired results.
Budget
This section devises a plan on how to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiencies of the strategies and action plans. It aims to see if the entire plan was able to achieve the desired results.
Monitoring Plan
the process of making an inventory of a destination’s tourism resources and assets, which can be optimized and sustained.
Tourism industry profiling
tourism industry components:
• Transportation
• Attractions and activities
• Accommodation
• Tourist facilities/services (restaurants, transport terminals, public restroom, foreign exchange, etc.)
• Institutional elements (local government unit, transport groups, tour guiding committee, non-
government organizations, etc.)
• Other infrastructure (roads, bridges, footbridge, etc.).
systematic identification process of current and potential visitors
Profiling of Tourists
The state declares tourism as an indispensable element of the national economy and an industry of national
interest and importance
Tourism Act of 2009
This Act allows tourism in protected landscapes or seascapes provided that they will comply with the following
restrictions
National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992
this decree implies that all actions, projects, and/or undertakings done by any entity, be it government-owned or private organizations and enterprises, shall prepare a detailed statement regarding the environmental impacts it may cause.
Presidential Decree 1151 (Philippine Environmental Policy)
Section 4
requires agencies in charge of environmental protection must submit their respective guidelines in
carrying out the provisions of environmental impact assessment and statements presented by the entities
mentioned in Section 4.
Presidential Decree 1151 (Philippine Environmental Policy)
Section 5
This presidential decree established the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) system and the Fisheries Code.
Presidential Decree 1586
areas that are declared by law as national parks, watershed reserves, wildlife reserves, and sanctuaries; contain areas of aesthetic value that can be potential tourist spots, habitats of wildlife species, etc.
ECA projects
projects that include heavy industries (such as non-ferrous metal industries, iron and steel mills, petroleum and petrochemical industries), infrastructure projects, golf courses, etc.
ECP
addresses the vulnerability of the Philippines to the impacts of climate change. Under this Act, there is an
established Climate Change Commission (CCC) for addressing several climate change issues in the country.
Climate Change Act of 2009
This is an Act specifically for Palawan, which is considered as the Philippines’ last frontier. The Act established
specific zones under the Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN) in which these are the only areas where tourism is allowed
Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan Act
consists of mountainous areas, ecologically important low hillls, and lowland areas of Palawan
Terrestrial Palawan
includes the whole coastline area up to the open sea that serves as the zone for fishing and tourism activities
Coastal/Marine areas
areas that are traditionally occupied by cultural communities.
Tribal ancestral lands
This Act puts emphasis on gender equality and women empowerment, where women shall be empowered and have equal opportunities and access to resources.
Magna Carta for Women
This Act protects the indigenous peoples' (IP) ancestral lands, customs, traditions, values, beliefs, interests, and institutions. IPs must be protected from discrimination and should be respected.
The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997
There are provisions in this Act that refer to the tax incentives provided to private enterprises that employ persons with disability (PWD) and establishments that modify facilities to accommodate PWDs.
Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
This is an Act for maintaining the good quality of air that is free from pollutions caused by vehicles, industrial plants, etc.
Clean Air Act of 1999
This Act is for the prevention of polluting bodies of water from land-based sources such as sewage, wastewater discharge, etc.
Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
This Act applies a comprehensive solid waste management program, including composting, recycling, re-use, proper segregation, collection,
etc.
Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
