Roles of rural tourism in the improvement of community livelihoods in Masbate Province, the Philippines

This title will be presented on Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10.05-10.15 GMT+7.

Authors

  • Jofer Asilum University of the Philippines Diliman Author https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9652-7440
  • Rajendra Prasad Shrestha Asian Institute of Technology Author
  • Takuji Wen Tsusaka Asian Institute of Technology Author
  • Nophea Sasaki Asian Institute of Technology Author

Keywords:

Rural tourism, Sustainable livelihoods, Treatment effects, Masbate, Philippines

Abstract

This title will be presented on Friday, December 15, 2023 at 10.05-10.15 GMT+7.

The development of rural communities often involves the use of rural tourism, which has been extensively studied for its impacts on community livelihoods. However, little attention has been given to its effects in the context of the Philippines, where beach tourism is dominant, despite that rural tourism is emerging in marginalized rural areas. This study used the sustainable livelihoods framework to assess the effects of rural tourism on the livelihoods of the community in the Luacan Agricultural Landscape, Masbate Province. By analyzing the treatment effects on two samples: a control sample and a tourism sample (representing those who earn from rural tourism), the study found that rural tourism only helped the community in having more savings. In order to ensure sustainable outcomes in the community, it is highly recommended that policies be implemented to rationalize the management and development of rural tourism efforts.

Author Biographies

  • Jofer Asilum, University of the Philippines Diliman

    Jofer Bunan Asilum is an environmental planner who has worked with several local government units in the Philippines. He has a master’s degree in Natural Resources Management from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His research areas include natural resources governance, rural political economy, asset formation, rural planning, and culture and arts planning.

  • Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, Asian Institute of Technology

    Rajendra Prasad Shrestha is a Professor of Natural Resources Management at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His research areas include human dimension of land-use change, climate change and land, land degradation and land management, environmental sustainability, natural resources management, and geoinformatics.

  • Takuji Wen Tsusaka, Asian Institute of Technology

    Takuji W. Tsusaka is an Assistant Professor of Natural Resources Management at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His research areas include agricultural economics, natural resources economics, poverty reduction, social capital formation, technology adoption, ex-post impact evaluation, gender in smallholder agriculture, survey methods, spatial econometrics, monitoring and evaluation, and corporate management.

  • Nophea Sasaki, Asian Institute of Technology

    Nophea Sasaki is a Professor of Natural Resources Management at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His research areas include REDD+, forest carbon monitoring and modelling, forest management, green technovation for sustainability, carbon project development, selective logging, biodiversity conservation, and impact investment in forestry.

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Published

2023-12-01

Issue

2023: Program Book FiSAED: Sustainable Natural Resources and Environmental Management

Section

Sustainable natural resources and environmental management

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