Examining Factors That Hinder Sustainable Tourism in the Philippines

This report examines the challenges to sustainable tourism development in the Philippines. It identifies key factors such as economic recessions, which limit investment in sustainable practices and infrastructure, and the imbalance between supply and demand within the tourism sector. Socio-economic factors, including cultural impacts and the importance of guest-host relationships, are also discussed. The report also references the historical context of tourism, from early nomadic travels to the development of pilgrimage tourism. The study emphasizes the importance of addressing these challenges to ensure the long-term viability and positive impact of tourism in the Philippines. It further highlights the need for effective planning and management to overcome these obstacles and foster sustainable tourism practices. The report also touches upon factors like the impact of a weak social background on the preservation of natural resources and how the early planning of tourism can be a hinderance to tourism business.

In the early age, cultural aspects, learning languages and travelling challenges restricted (Capacci, Scorcu and Vici, 2015). In 14 century
Christopher Columbus sailed westward and vasco da gama
cruised to country for earn money
then business travel has been
integral part of tourism
industry(Cave and Brown 2012).
Early tourism started with Nomads who travelled around the world in search of
food and shelter. Main intension of this traveller is to gathered food and traded around the world and gave rise to the barter system (Capacci,
Scorcu and Vici, 2015). 1500 BC is marked as the era when the Europeans visited pyramids and thus developed the tourism for pilgrimage. Early
tourism started with Nomads who travelled around the world in search of food and shelter. Main intension of this traveller is to gathered food
and traded around the world and gave rise to the barter system (Capacci, Scorcu and Vici, 2015). 1500 BC is marked as the era when the
Europeans visited pyramids and thus developed the tourism for pilgrimage.
Factors that may prevent/hinder sustainable tourism development
Sustainable development is very important for the Philippine but it is not easy to introduce it. There are many elements that hinder the
sustainable tourism development in the country
Major factors that may prevent or hinder sustainability are as following:
 Recession: It is the main element due to this people do not spent much
amount in holidays planning. If there is recession then government will
not be able to spent much amount in the sustainable development in the
nation. As if there is shortage of money them public or private firms
would not be able to spent much amount in planning, thus poor planning
will give negative result this is the major constrain the sustainable
development of tourism in Philippine.
 Socio-economic challenges: It is another factor that may hinder the development. Culture is the main factor that impacts lot on the tourism and
if social background is weak then tourists then preservation of natural resources cannot be happened. Thus, there would not be possible of
sustainable development of tourism.
 Guest-host relationship: If Philippine is having poor relationship with the guest tourist countries
then it would be issue for the cited destination. Due to this, visitors of particular country would not
plan to visit here that is a hinder in the development of tourism business.
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 Balance between supply and demand: If there
is imbalance between demand and supply then
government would not be able to utilize
resources well thus, it may create problem and
increase pollution in the country. By this way
people will not take interest to come in such
place for holiday.