Analyzing Sustainable Tourism and Tourist Behavior in the Philippines

This report delves into the complexities of sustainable tourism within the Philippines, focusing on the detrimental effects of tourist ignorance and irresponsible behavior. It highlights how tourists often disregard rules and regulations, leading to environmental damage and cultural insensitivity, which ultimately threatens the long-term sustainability of the tourism sector. The report emphasizes the need for government intervention, including public awareness campaigns and stricter enforcement of rules, to educate both locals and tourists about responsible travel practices. The report also discusses the importance of effective planning to address issues like terrorism and ensure the safety of visitors, proposing solutions such as enhanced security measures and stringent penalties for rule violations. The study underscores the significance of sustainable tourism principles in preserving the Philippines' natural and cultural heritage, particularly in areas with significant tourist attractions such as beaches, mountains, and underwater ecosystems. The report also references academic sources to support the arguments.

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Tourist ignorance:
The tourist ignorance refers to the behaviour of
travellers that are ignorant and not in responsible way.
For instance, there are large number of travellers who
use to visit the country. Many of them do not follow the
general rules and throw wastes anywhere. Some may do
not bind by the rules mentioned in the boards that
implies to forbid some types of acts like no parking in
some areas, not touching animals in zoos and so on.
Many tourists use to ignore these rules that harms the
sustainability of tourism sector.
The above concept can be applied successfully with the efforts of government where awareness can be
created among people. The people of every country should be educated so that they can act in a way which is
not impacting negatively to the culture and surroundings of the country. There are various place in
Philippines that are able to attract large number of tourists. The major places of attractions in the country are
related with beaches, mountains and rivers who are more prone to be affected with activities of tourists (Mai,
2010). The concept of sustainable tourism refers to applying all the practices in travel and tourism sector that
can help in development of the said industry without giving any harm to natural and social environment of
any particular area. Therefore, in tourism business sustainability is a conceptual framework that suggests the
tourists to behave in such a way so that their activities cannot give any kind of harm local communities and
their cultural environment. Philippines have various places that are able to attract large number of tourists.
The underwater kingdom in Philippines is the place where visitors can enjoy the underwater sceneries,
natural scenery covered with mountains. For underwater place, there are some rules that are strict and must
be followed by every visitor.
One of the major issues for
countries is to maintain the
sustainability in the nation.
There are various factors that
can restrict the progress of
tourism in country (Hinch and
Higham, 2011).
Ineffective planning:
Philippines also suffers from the problem of terrorism issues
along with above stated issues. These problems can be solved
only by the way of effective planning process undertaken by
the government. So, it is necessary that government provides
proper security facility at public place where more possibilities
related to terrorist attacks are there. Besides this, it is also
necessary that rules are applied in a strict way and large sum of
fine or punishment can be induced to restrict the persons from
breaking the rules (Mowforth and Munt, 2015).