Tourism in the Philippines

Dr. Richard S. Aquino is a Lecturer of Tourism and Marketing at the UC Business School, University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, where he also obtained his master’s degree in international tourism management, and a Bachelor of Science in Tourism from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. His doctoral research focused on how the adoption of social entrepreneurship through tourism changes host communities in the Philippines. His other research interests include sustainable tourism planning and development, geotourism, tourist behaviour, and recently, the decolonization of tourism knowledge production. Currently, he serves as the research notes editor of Tourism in Marine Environments and an editor of the Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies. Apart from academic work, he has been actively involved in tourism planning consultancy projects in the Philippinesand New Zealand.Dr. Brooke A. Porter works in knowledge management as an instructional designer with international aid agencies. Brooke holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, a master’s in education from Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawai’i, and a bachelor of science in marine biology from the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. Some of her current work investigates tourism as a development and conservation strategy as well as the role of gender. Her doctoral research explored marine tourism as a supplemental livelihood for fisheries-based communities in the Philippines. Brooke also serves as an Honorary Research Fellow at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, and as scientific adviser to The Coral Triangle Conservancy, an NGO in the Philippines.

• Part I. Introduction.- Chapter 1. Tourism and the Filipino Culture and Society.- Part II. Tourism in Philippine Communities.- Chapter 2. Performance Assessment of Barangay Nagacadan as a Community-Based Tourist Destination.- Chapter 3. Stoked in the Sea: Understanding Stakeholder Perceptions of Surfing.- Chapter 4. Strolling Between Shanties: The Case of Smokey Tours’ Slum Tourism.- Chapter 5. Re-Creating Slum Tourism in Tondo, Manila: Perspectives of the Local Residents.- Chapter 6. Residents’ Perceptions of Tourism in a Pilgrimage Destination in the Philippines.- Part III. Travellers and Tourists’ Perspectives.- Chapter 7. The Travelling Filipina in Periodicals (1898-1938).- Chapter 8. The Solo Filipina Traveller.- Chapter 9. Once Upon a Time in History: Tourist Perceptions of Dark Tourism in the Philippines.- Chapter 10. The KULAS Travelogues: A Deconstruction of Foreign Vloggers Depiction of Mindanao as a Travel Destination.- Chapter 11. “It’s More than Fun in the Philippines!” A Grounded Theory Exploration of Tourist Eudaimonic Experience in the Philippines.- Part IV. Events and Festivals: Centring Filipino Culture and Spirituality.- Chapter 12. Postcolonial Appeal of Philippine Festivals.- Chapter 13. Reclaiming Culture: Innovating Traditional Religious Performance for Tourism in the Philippines.- Part V. Conclusion.- Chapter 14. Looking Forward: Tourism Growth in a Filipino Context.