GEO PRELIMS

• Tourism involves activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business, and other purposes
• Tourism is a major catalyst for development and thrives on the human need to develop the personality
• Tourism is resilient in the face of major upheavals
• Business is not only for leisure but also out of necessity
• The most common terminology for business travel is VFR: Visiting Friends and Relatives
• Leisure is the free time one has after all the daily scheduled activities have been taken care of
• motivation to travel - The desire for travel may be considered a basic human impulse, as people rarely pass up the opportunity to visit a new place
• A visitor is someone who visits a country for any reason other than following an occupation paid for within the country
• Tourists are individuals who stay at a destination for at least 24 hours
• Traveling locally is less expensive, does not require passports and visas, and allows for genuine appreciation of the nation's beauty and an expansion of understanding of the nation
• Traveling abroad is more expensive, requires passports and visas, and may involve cultural adjustment difficulties in foreign destinations
• Inbound tourist - travel to a country outside of their own
• Strengths - refer to the qualities of a region that make it ideal as a tourist destination, including the number of high-value attractions, overall comfort and safety, accessibility, sanitation, tourist facilities, and ideal climate
• Opportunities - are qualities of assets that can be developed to improve tourism, such as airports, power plants, cell sites, and roads
• Weakness - are factors detrimental to the pleasure and comfort of tourists, including difficult accessibility, uncomfortable climatic conditions, and lack or absence of facilities
• Threats - are events or circumstances in an area that negatively impact individuals staying there, with the potential to inflict damage or jeopardize safety
• Local travelers are classified as excursionists because they do not stay beyond 24 hours at their destination and always stay within their province
• Baguio is known as the Summer Capital of the Philippines, located in Benguet, and is a premiere mountain getaway in the country known for the Panagbenga or Flower Festival
• Barasoain Church in Malolos is considered one of the leading historical spots in the Philippines, being the seat of the short-lived Philippine Republic and the site of the Malolos Congress in 1898
• Baler, the capital of Aurora Province, became highly popular for surfing after a Hollywood movie was shot in the area, with attractions like Cemento Beach and Reef, Charlie's Point, Cobra Reef in Cemento, Quezon's Resthouse, and Sabang Beach
• Siargao became a tourist spot due to its value as a surf site and is known as the surfing capital of the Philippines
• Tagaytay, found in Cavite, is the second premiere mountain destination in the Philippines, offering a panoramic view of Taal Lake and Taal Volcano in Batangas
• Historical - includes attractions like Corregidor, Balangay boats in Butuan City, the Pandanan Wreck in Palawan, and significant historical events such as the Spanish authorities, the Filipino-American War, and World War II
• Cultural - involves rituals, songs, dances, costumes, arts, crafts, stories, and other manifestations of a people's traditional beliefs
• Mt. Pinatubo in Botolan, Central Luzon, became famous for its eruption in June 1991, attracting hikers to climb up to the 2-mile wide crater which still emits sulfur dioxide
• Scuba diving is one of the most developed tourism activities in the Philippines, with high costs of equipment and prime dive sites like Anilao in Batangas, Cebu, Palawan, Subic, Puerto Galera, Bohol, Boracay, and Negros Oriental
• Spelunking involves exploring caves, with more than 2,500 caves in the Philippines, including attractions like St. Paul Subterranean River National Park in Palawan and Sumaging Cave in Sagada, Mountain Province
• Trekking or mountaineering is popular in the Philippines, with more than 100 mountains in the country, about 20 of which are widely used for mountaineering
• Bird watching in the Philippines offers more than 500 species of birds, attracting a large international market of travelers in search of endemic avians, with exceptional sites like Bukidnon for the Philippine eagle
• Dolphin watching involves witnessing marine mammals in their natural environment, with locations like Tanon Strait between Negros and Cebu, Pamilacan Island in Bohol, and Puerto Princesa City in Palawan
• Club Intramuros Golf Course is a notable golf course in the Philippines
• Tabon Cave in Palawan is considered the Cradle of the Philippine Civilization, with remains of the 22,000-year-old Tabon Man, the earliest human in the archipelago
• Unwto stands for the United Nations World Tourism Organization, responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable, and universally accessible tourism
• Ilocos Region - REGION 1 ; is located on the northwestern coast of Luzon, Philippines
• Bicol Region - REGION 5 ; is situated in the midsection of the country, at the southern tip of Luzon
• Eastern Visayas - REGION 8 ; is a region in the Philippines
• Mimaropa - REGION 4B ; is a region on the southwest coast of Luzon, Philippines
• Calabarzon - REGION 4A ; is a region in the Philippines
• Central Luzon - REGION 3 ; is a region in the Philippines
• Tagudin Sundial in Ilocos Sur is a historical spot built in 1848 by Spanish colonizers in front of the municipal hall