Sustainable Tourism Practices: The Case of Hundred Islands National Park

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the sustainable tourism practices at the Hundred Islands National Park at Alaminos City, Pangasinan. In so doing, the researcher classified these practices along three dimensions: economic, environmental and social. These three dimensions represent the 3Ps of the Sustainable Development Goals of the international community, to wit: people, planet and prosperity. By using a single case study method, the researcher identified the various sustainable tourism practices in the Hundred Islands National Park in the tripod sustainable development analytical framework---economic, environmental and social. This study revealed that the stakeholders of the Hundred Islands National Park manifested sustainable development practices that support the idea of sustainable development espoused by the government. Further, the findings bare out that if properly and consistently sustained long-term, these sustainable development practices can be replicated in other tourism destinations in the country. The researcher concluded that The Hundred Islands National Park’s sustainable tourism practices can be a good policy tool to integrate local development with tourism as the leveraging device. With that said, the researcher recommended that The Hundred Islands National Park sustains its sustainable tourism practices and even improve and amplify their functionalities in their operations.