The tourism industry in the Philippines has been increased since late 19th and early 20th century. According to National Statistical Coordination Board, Tourism is an important sector for the Philippine economy, contributing 7.8% to the Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014.Tourism makes an important part to the economy of the country. The growth of the economy had been into a major change since the end of the People Power Revolution up until to the present time because of the Tourism growth. The tourism industry employed 3.8 million Filipinos, or 10.2 per cent of national employment in 2011, according to data gathered by the National Statistical Coordination Board. In a greater thrust by the Aquino administration to pump billion to employ 7.4 million people by 2016, or about 18.8 per cent of the total workforce, contributing 8 per cent to 9 per cent to the nation's GDP (Calderon, 2013).
In today's generation, many tourist attractions had been improved. With that improvement,
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According to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), three dimensions are necessary to guarantee the long-term sustainability of tourism. It should make optimal use of environmental resources that constitute a key element in tourism development, maintain essential ecological processes and help conserve natural heritage and biodiversity, respect the socio-cultural authenticity of host communities, conserve their built and living cultural heritage and traditional values, and contribute to inter-cultural understanding and tolerance; and ensure viable, long-term economic operations, providing socio-economic benefits to all stakeholders that are fairly distributed, including stable employment and income-earning opportunities and social services to host communities, and contributing to poverty
Tourism in Taiwan is one of the major industry and contributor to the economy of Taiwan. Tourism-related affairs are regulated by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China.
New Zealand tourism is largely reliant on 'Eco-tourism' so to maintain the tourism industry it is imperative that our environment is conserved. However tourism itself can have negative effects on the environment. The tourism sector must act responsibly in its use of the environment and any use must be sustainable.
The travel and tourism sector of Fiji is growing faster than agriculture and manufacturing sectors. The central government’s final consumption expenditure of Fiji was FJ$741,806,000 in the year 2008. This increased to FJ$1,167,681,000 in the year 2014 . Out of the FJ$1,167,681,000 predicted to be spent by the national government on consumption expenditure in the year 2015, FJ$1,403,000 (0.12%) was spent on tourism and other industries. The central government’s final consumption expenditure on the tourism and other industries is relatively low as compared to its spending on health, recreation, culture, religion, education, social protection,
Commonly known, slum-tourism in Manila highlights things like crime, reclaimed areas filled with garbage, lack of education, and vulnerable children. These circumstances prove that there can still be simplicity and satisfaction in life, however, as demonstrated by how the BASECO kids choose to find contentment and happiness however and wherever they can.
In low-income countries, the use of tax revenues to fund tourism promotions is motivated in part by the belief that tourism growth will improve income distribution by expanding demand for relatively low-skilled labor. Thailand’s tourism boom, fueled in part by a series of publicly funded promotional campaigns, has coincided with a period of worsening inequality. I find that growth of inbound tourism demand raises aggregate household income, but worsens its distribution. This is because tourism sectors are not especially labor-intensive in the Thai context, and because the expansion of foreign tourism demand creates general balance effects that undermine profitability in tradable sectors such as agriculture from which the poor derive
Tourism in Malaysia started from the 1960s and it is one of the new forces in the economic sector but the growth was slow. Then, a tourism master plan was added into the Second Malaysia Plan during 1971-1975 and this marked the beginning of tourism as the country’s economic contributor that has become the second highest foreign exchange earner for the country after the manufacturing sector (Robiah S., 2007). In the early growth of the industry, Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) is a major tourism event was launched by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism (MOCAT) in the 1990s that it was extended to include other attractions. The major markets for Malaysia tourism are the neighbouring ASEAN countries, China, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia and United States. This event was a huge success which more than 7 million international tourist arrivals were recorded with a growth of 53.6 per cent. Moreover, the slogan ‘Malaysia Truly Asia’ is a large advertising campaign sponsored by the Malaysian government which is internationally recognized as a uniquely Malaysian brand to promote tourism in Malaysia. The Malaysian tourism industry had faced with several challenges such as the unstable world economics, politics, SARS and challenge posed by the other ASEAN countries competing to draw tourists had initiated Malaysia to set its own strategy in diversifying the tourist attractions. However, according to the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB), which called Tourism Malaysia (2008) aims to encourage tourism and its related industries in Malaysia. It is expected that tourism would help promote new investments in the country, as well as provide increased employment opportunities. The growth of tourism would also contribute positively to t...
Philippines hailed as The Pearl of the Orient Seas because of its natural resources. And out of all the precious stones that exist in the world, pearl−with its beaming beauty and simplicity is abundant in the land. And parallel to the stone that the country represents, Philippines is the reflection of innocence with strength that comes from its ability to blend well in almost any circumstances.
Malate Church: Another one of Manila’s beautiful Catholic churches, Malate Church is a stunning structure built in the baroque style of architecture. Officially, it is known as Our Lady of Remedies Parish Church and was first consecrated in the late 16th century. The main statue in the church is of Virgin Mary which was brought by the colonial rulers from Spain back in 1624. The church was destroyed first by the 17th century earthquake and then by the British when they took over Manila. Many restorations and renovations have ended in the church looking fairly different from what it started out
The economy can be clearly identified as the most beneficial aspect of tourism. “According to recent statistics, tourism provides about 10% of the world’s income and employs almost one tenth of the world’s workforce” (Mirbabayev, 2007). In Australia alone, Tourism contributed $87.3 billion in 2012, and employed 908,434 (7.9%) people (Kookana & Duc Pham, 2013). Tourism is “one of the most profitable and rapidly developing industries in the world” (Popushoi, 2004). Every year the number of tourists increase dramatically and consequently the revenues from tourism will increase substantially.
The Philippines is endowed with abundant natural resources and one of the world’s richest diversity of fertile lands; flora and fauna; heart seizing scenic beauty; diverse culture; indigenous etiquette. A country blessed with astonishing natural environment along with the country’s hospitable and pleasant people has made it one of the major tourist destinations around the world. Tourism is one of the major contributor to the economy of the Philippines. Its beaches, mountains and rainforest are among the country’s natural tourist destinations. Aside from these, its rich historical heritage, diverse culture and traditions, festivals and celebrations, native foods and delicacies are endemic additions to the Philippines’s tourist captures.
With global changes, various impacts of tourism are observed in a clear way now. Butler (1999, p.8) asserts that “if there is a single factor that has the potential to change the nature of tourism more than any other, it is the introduction of the concept of sustainable development” because it promises fundamental changes in the components of tourism. The concept of ‘sustainable development’ has been long recognized together with 1987 WCED Brutland Report, Our Common Future, which was commissioned by the United Nations (UN). It indicates that a sole economic success is not sufficient for the longevity of resources; that it is only plausible with intergenerational equity as well as intragenerational equity (Finnetty, 2001; Tosun, 2001; Macbeth, 2005). Here, sustainable development was explained as: "development that meets the needs of the present without
Without tourist attractions, there would be no tourism. Malaysia is one of the worlds attractive travel destinations. It had a gorgeous colorful history. There are also have many types of tourism in Malaysia to attract the foreign. Multicultural and multiracial population, historical places, eco, beach can be the attractions and strong fundamentals of Malaysia.
It is a well-noted fact that tourists from the developed world, or rich western nations, are in favour of visiting unspoilt natural environments and places steeped in tradition. However, Lea (1988) regards such attractions as being a sign of underdevelopment and rarely tolerated by the host nations just because they meet with foreign approval of visitors. Instead, it is the priority of the respective governments to raise living standards to acceptable levels, which means modernisation and the implementation of various infrastructures. Nevertheless, if administered effectively mass tourism could provide a form of sustainable development by meeting the needs of the present without compromising those of the future.
At the present time, one of the inseparable parts of the economic growth is considered as tourism industry. Commonly, tourism is the movement of people to other places for business or leisure purposes as well as covers their activities. Holloway and Humphreys defines that the places where tourists come and spend their money are called as “tourist destinations” in other words “receiving areas”. Many countries have been improving tourism to overcome economic difficulties since it is growing fast. The industry activities have been demonstrated a general positive trend in the economy and it has already become the inherent part of economic development. In host countries, tourism has led to such positive consequences as the improved infrastructure,
The negative impacts that tourism creates can destroy the environment and all of its resources which it depends of for survival. Tourism has the prospective to create and bring useful effects on to the environment by donation the environmental protection conservation.