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Linking blue carbon ecosystems with sustainable tourism: Dichotomy of urban–rural local perspectives from the Philippines
Quevedo, Jay Mar D.
Uchiyama, Yuta
Kohsaka, Ryo
Blue carbon ecosystems
Sustainable tourism
Perceptions
Local communities
Urban–rural setting
Philippines
Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) are linked to tourism industry either as the main destination site or as additional features. Achieving sustainable tourism in coastal areas warrants the inclusion of long-term BCE management and protection, hence, it is important to understand how tourism impacts these resources to better formulate apt strategies tailored to the individual contexts. In Busuanga Island, Philippines, where tourism industry depends highly on its coastal and marine resources, there is a gap in understanding the impacts of tourism on BCEs. Thus, this study aims to analyze communities’ perceptions of sustainable tourism and BCE services by comparing household survey results between urban (Coron) and rural (Busuanga) communities. Specifically, this work aims to determine residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts at the personal and community levels, to examine whether socio-demographic profiles, ecological consciousness, awareness of programs for sustainable tourism, and ecological protection drive these perceptions, and to compare these results in urban and rural settings. Results of this study indicate a distinctive difference between urban and rural perceptions; e.g., residents perceived highly of tourism benefits and impacts in Coron whereas fewer recognitions are observed in Busuanga. Correlations of locals’ awareness of BCE services with perceived environmental changes caused by tourism showed positive effects. Environment-related plans received high recognition in promoting sustainable tourism. Overall, locals’ perceptions of tourism and blue carbon ecosystems can be bundled together. This linkage could address future planning of sustainable tourism master plan at the municipal level particularly those towns that features coastal resources as their main tourism attractions.
journal article
Elsevier
2021-06
application/pdf
Regional Studies in Marine Science
45
101820
23524855
https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/2002107/files/Quevedo_et_al_Revised_RSMS_Tourism paper_R1.pdf
eng
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101820
© 2021. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/