Beyond the Beach: Balancing Environmental and Socio-cultural Sustainability in Boracay, the Philippines

Ong, Lei Tin Jackie; Storey, Donovan; Minnery, John

doi:10.1201/9780429324253-15

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“…Because handling this type of tourism in a sustainable form, it could even be more challenging when tourism is perceived as a driving force for a coastal area, which results in fast and excessive growth, excessive workforce migration, excessive use of natural environment, and high-spending tourist flows (Bramwell, 2004;Murray, 2007). Thus, these challenges create unsustainable outcomes unless the local institutions with effective authority, community involvement, and adequate management and planning (Ong, Storey, & Minnery, 2011). According to WTO ( 2005), this means tourism that "takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities".…”

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Coastal tourism development in Sinop as an emerging rural destination: A preliminary study from the residents’ perspective

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2020

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This study proposes to explore the economic, sociocultural, and environmental effects of coastal tourism development in a Turkish context. It adopts a quantitative approach and performed a random sampling technique. The survey data was collected from a sample of local people in Sinop/Turkey and total number of 252 utilizable questionnaires was gathered and analyzed through descriptive statistics. ANOVA test was also applied in order to compute the perceptional differences among demographical groups. The findings demonstrate that while majority of residents have positive perceptions in general, some agree with negative economic, sociocultural, and environmental effects of coastal tourism in the area. Specifically, they perceive that tourism raises the cost of products and services and as a result of an increase in living costs. ANOVA test shows that there were differences between educational groups in negative environmental impacts and age groups in positive economic impacts. In terms of sustainable coastal tourism, the present work procures further addition to tourism literature and also offers beneficial implications to industry practitioners.

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Coastal tourism development in Sinop as an emerging rural destination: A preliminary study from the residents’ perspective

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“…The Malay Municipal Office reported over two million annual visitors to Boracay in 2017 (Boracay Informer, 2018). The popularity of the island has led to cases of rapid and unregulated development and environmental concerns (Ong, Storey and Minnery, 2011). Recent research has highlighted the rapid urbanisation of the now densely populated island, and the resulting influx of migrant families (Maguigad, King and Cottrell, 2015).…”

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Mermaiding As A Form Of Marine Devotion: A case study of a mermaid school in Boracay, Philippines

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2018

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Mermaiding, the practice of wearing a mermaid tail and/or costume, and often swimming in costume, began in the mid-20th Century and has since grown into a global phenomenon. Despite its increasing popularity, there appears to be no research exploring mermaiding as a tourism activity. Consequently, this is the first study exploring the motivations and experiences of mermaid tourists, employing a case study approach at a mermaid school on the island of Boracay in the Philippines. Semi-structured interviews with one male and eight females, including an instructor/owner, revealed three major themesfantasy, coastal and marine environment and the marine "other" -with a further overlapping of three core subthemes -power, beauty and hedonism. These subthemes helped explain the motivations to partake in such activities, which included being a waterperson, mythology, novelty and marine conservation. Despite a range of nationalities among the respondents (Brazil, Germany, New Zealand, United States, Philippines and Sweden), it is suggested that more extensive research on mermaiding be undertaken, especially at various locations around the globe.

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Beyond the Beach: Balancing Environmental and Socio-cultural Sustainability in Boracay, the Philippines

Cited by 2 publications

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Coastal tourism development in Sinop as an emerging rural destination: A preliminary study from the residents’ perspective

Coastal tourism development in Sinop as an emerging rural destination: A preliminary study from the residents’ perspective

Mermaiding As A Form Of Marine Devotion: A case study of a mermaid school in Boracay, Philippines

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