Philippines - Tourism in the Philippines

There has been a skyrocketing interest in ecotourism around the world. This could be mainly attributed to the changed preferences on the part of the tourist. There has been an increased interest in and concern with the general “environment” in both developing and developed nations . This includes an interest in unique and disappearing animal and plant species and other natural features, the desire for new “learning experiences” and the belief that many of the natural environments throughout the world is rapidly disappearing and they must be visited now.

Increased ecotourism is also due to improved infrastructure (roads, hotels, gas stations) and transportation (planes, buses) in countries with ecotourism potentials. It is supplemented with the establishment of ecotourism tours by non-government organizations, specialized tour operators and promotion of ecotourism by various governments, travel agents, airlines, and schools. Mass media also played an important role in the spread of ecotourism, publicity has been given to ecotourism by television programs, movies, many books, and articles in magazines and newspapers.

Paralleling tourism’s rapid expansion in recent years has come to a concern for managing its future growth and impacts. Tourism, like other economic enterprise, is well recognized as an agent for change.

The Philippine government has been interested in ecotourism ever since because of its economic benefits and its resource  conservation and environmental protection aspects. The archipelago having great ecotourism potential spots has provided ecological and non-ecological benefits to the country. The Philippine’s interest in ecotourism also made possible that areas of such natural and cultural heritage has been protected and conserved. Local and foreign tourists from around the world travel to the Philippines to see the beautiful beaches of Boracay and Puerto Azul, the eighth wonder Banaue Rice Terraces, to daily touch the sky in Baguio, to step on the mesmerizing Hundred Islands of Pangasinan, to explore caves and hike mountains all over the archipelago.

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