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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetTowards sustainable tourism for livelihood diversification: First web-symposium on agro/eco-tourism in the Asia-Pacific landscapes
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2022Also available in:
No results found.Agritourism, ecotourism, and other forms of landscape-based tourism serve as important drivers of socio-economic growth. It increases and diversifies household incomes, enhances job opportunities, increases the resilience of livelihoods, and helps conserve natural and cultural heritage, and pristine biodiversity across landscapes. A recent Memorandum of Understanding between UNWTO and FAO emphasizes the cross-cutting nature of tourism and the relevance of cooperation at all levels to ensure sectoral collaboration. It envisages collaborative activities among FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), the Coalition of Fragile Ecosystems (COFE), the Green Cities Initiative, and other initiatives. They aim to nurture innovation and entrepreneurship, drive sustainable development, income diversification opportunities, and strengthen livelihoods. FAO, in collaboration with UNWTO, organized this event to discuss how to promote sustainable tourism in rural areas (particularly agro/eco-tourism) and enhance the livelihood opportunities of the indigenous peoples and local communities. The participants discussed how to develop and manage sustainable tourism in diverse landscapes, including through promoting agroecological good practices, smart solutions, and innovative methods and products in landscape-level tourism while conserving traditional values and biodiversity. The seminar not only included discussing experiences but made proposals for advancing remunerative opportunities for further linking agri-food systems and tourism in the future. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetTowards sustainable tourism for livelihood diversification
First web-symposium on agro/eco-tourism in the Asia-Pacific landscapes
2021Also available in:
No results found.A recent Memorandum of Understanding between UNWTO and FAO emphasizes the cross-cutting nature of tourism and the relevance of cooperation at all levels to ensure sectoral collaboration. It envisages collaborative activities among FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), the Coalition of Fragile Ecosystems (COFE), the Green Cities Initiatives and other initiatives. They aim to nurture innovation and entrepreneurship, drive sustainable development, income diversification opportunities and strengthen livelihoods (http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1310435/icode/). FAO and the UNWTO organize this event to discuss how to promote sustainable tourism in rural areas and enhance livelihood opportunities of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. The participants will discuss how to develop and manage sustainable tourism in diverse landscapes, including through promoting agroecological good practices, smart solutions and innovative methods and products in landscape-level tourism while conserving traditional values and biodiversity. The seminar will not only include discussing experiences but make proposals for advancing remunerative opportunities for further linking agri-food systems and tourism in the future. -
ArticleSustainability performance model through local community participation towards the development of sustainable community-based tourism on nature-based sites in Bicol region, Philippines
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Community-based tourism in the Philippines thrives on natural areas both protected and non-protected. In this regard, the participation of tourism stakeholders and their sustainability performance is essential to determine actions and programs to ensure environmental protection and the provision of long-term benefits. This study evaluated the extent of participation of the local tourism stakeholders in the identified community-based tourism (CBT) sites in Bicol Region, Philippines, and determine its influence on sustainability performance. The sustainability performance indicators were anchored from various international CBT indicators and employed the ASEAN Community-Based Tourism Standard as the baseline criteria. The participants of the study consist of the members of CBT organizations, the Local Government Unit, full-pledged municipal tourism officers, tourism officers-designate, barangay officials, private stakeholders, NGOs, and tourists. This study used a descriptive research method and utilized qualitative and quantitative analysis. Results showed that all factors of the extent of participation relate significantly to the overall sustainability performance but to a varying degree. The analysis of the extent of participation and sustainability performance showed significant differences among each community with moderate association to one another. The significant predictors for sustainability performance were political maturity, cultural richness, and environmental purity. Political maturity registered the highest effect on sustainability performance. It can be concluded that in the context of Bicol Region, government and political support determines success in tourism development alongside cultural and environmental dimensions of tourism sustainability. Therefore, it is recommended to adopt the Sustainability Performance Model for CBT sites in Bicol Region. Keywords: Community-Based Tourism; Sustainability Performance; Community Participation; Nature-Based ID: 3623835
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