| Author | Cachafeiro, Jaime Enciso |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.UE-01-28 |
| Subject(s) | Heritage tourism--Philippines--Vigan
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| Note | A thesis submitted in paitial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This research aims to present an application of tourism carrying capacity being context
specific to an urban destination with rich heritage content: Vigan (Philippines). Tourism
development at the destination is special-event driven, highly seasonal and its main
characteristics are the short stay of visitors and a lack of diversity of attractions. Current
tourism carrying capacity of the destination is low, basically due to a limited supply of
tourism services in terms of accommodation and leisure facilities. Four carrying capacity
issues are identified and discussed, namely: short length of stay of visitors, inadequate
accommodation facilities both in quantity and quality of services provided, isolation of the
destination both geographically and market wise and a closed entrepreneurship
environment. Given monitoring framework of current carrying capacity is based on five
management objectives and twenty indicators. Assessment of tourism carrying capacity as
a management tool have been proven useful when linked to ongoing tourism planning, but
requirements in terms of data availability and a participatory decision-making environment
have to be met. Further research has to be oriented to include seasonality into the
discussion and come up with a working geographical scale when applying the concept to a
given destination. |
| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Urban Environmental and Management (UE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Sajor, Edsel |
| Examination Committee(s) | Zimmermann, Willi ;Swierczek, Fredric |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | European Culture Commission |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 |