March 2019

Local communities engagement through the procurement of local food supplies in the Philippines

By Various Authors

The popularity of El Nido as a prime tourist destination in the Philippines resulted in the rapid growth in tourist arrivals
(200,000 tourists in 2018, approx. stays of 2.7 nights per guest)...

March 2019

Greater access to finance as driving factor for sustainable development among tourism-related SMEs in the Philippines: An empirical framework

By John Paolo R. Rivera

Access to capital funding and other forms of financing is a vital element in the sustainability and competitiveness of SMEs. It allows SMEs, particularly in the tourism industry, to partake in the...

August 2018

Public–private partnership framework for sustainable geopark development

By Richard S. Aquino and John Paolo R. Rivera

Geoparks represent their respective location’s geoheritage, and contain geosites that have high educational, aesthetic, scientific, cultural, and touristic importance (Turner, 2006). Through...

July 2018

Boosting the Philippine Economy through Sustainable Tourism

By Fernando Martin Roxas, John Paolo Rivera, and Eylla Laire Gutierrez

Sustainability has become a concern in the travel and tourism industry. Stakeholders need to fully understand the issues, identify the root causes of the problem, and create interventions that will...

March 2018

The Impact of Awareness on Tourism Marketing Slogan on Length of Stay and Travel Budget Allocation of Young Travellers

By John Paolo R. Rivera and Eylla Laire M. Gutierrez

Tourism remains a vital industry in advancing the growth and development of global economies, whereby tourism marketing initiatives have become a dominant technique to realize a destination’s...