TOURISM

GUIDEBOOK
FOR LGUs
ORIENTATION
Tourism Guidebook
Salient Features
Background of the Development of the
Tourism Planning Guidebook

Convergence project of different National

Government Agencies and Donor Programs
for the development of a relevant tool for
LGUs to come up with solutions in responding
to the challenges and opportunities of tourism
Getting Started....
 Do you think your city, municipality, or
province has potential for tourism
development that you want to harness?

 Is tourism a thriving industry in your locality

and you want to take better advantage of it?

 Do you currently observe undesirable

impacts of tourism in your area that you
want to manage or control?

Then this Tourism Guidebook is for you..

Using the Tourism Guidebook

The Tourism Guide book has been

developed as one of the mechanisms
to enhance the capability of LGUs to
monitor and administer tourism
activities, and enforce tourism laws,
rules and regulations in their
respective jurisdictions..
Intended Users

• Provincial, City and Municipal

Tourism Officers

• Provincial, City and Municipal

Planning and Development Officers

• Local Tourism Stakeholders

Major Parts of the Guidebook

 Formulating the Local Tourism

Development Plan (TDP)
 Simplified discussions of concepts,
methods, step-by-step processes and
worksheets;
 Examples to aid users in developing
elements of the TDP;
 Templates, tools and tips to simplify and
facilitate plan formulation.
Example: EO Creating the TPC
Tips
The participation of local
or host communities that
will be affected by
tourism development is
important early on in the
planning process as it
drums up support for the
industry and minimizes
resistance for any future
project in the area.
Step-by-step Processes
Major Parts of the Guidebook

 Supplemental Readings
 Help you understand the different
tourism concepts and tourism planning
processes.
 Can be used separately, depending on
the needs of the LGU and the specific
level of tourism development in the
destination.
 May also be used in combination with
other readings.
Major Parts of the Guidebook
 11 Supplemental Readings
1. Profiling the Local Tourism Industry
 Prepare an inventory of tourism
resources and assets;
 Assess the tourism situation in your
area;
 List down potential safety, security
risks and natural hazards; and
 Prepare a profile of tourists and
visitors in your locality.
Major Parts of the Guidebook
 11 Supplemental Readings
2. Linking the LTDP with the Local
Mandated Plans
Outlines how the TDP would be placed in
the context of:
 CDP (Comprehensive Development
Plan)
 CLUP (Comprehensive Land Use Plan),
 PDPFP (Provincial Development and
Physical Framework Plan)
Linking the LTDP with Mandated Plans

 Helps mainstream two

major development
concerns which
significantly impact
tourism development
 Disaster Risk Reduction
 Climate Change
Adaptation and
Mitigation (DRR/CCAM),
Major Parts of the Guidebook
 11 Supplemental Readings
3. Adopting the Local Tourism
Development Plan
 Steps on mobilizing support and
commitment towards plan
institutionalization; and
 Provides tools and tips to facilitate
adoption and institutionalization of
the TDP.
Example: Resolution Adopting the TDP
Major Parts of the Guidebook
 11 Supplemental Readings
4. Preparing for Plan Implementation
 Prioritizing and ranking tourism
projects for implementation.
 Provides tools and examples on
capacity development to enhance
success of plan implementation.
Major Parts of the Guidebook
 11 Supplemental Readings
5. Financing the Tourism Development
Plan
 guides you to outsource funds from
public and private sectors to finance
the ranked tourism projects and
shows the importance of writing an
effective tourism project proposal
Project Proposal Outline
Major Parts of the Guidebook
 11 Supplemental Readings
6. Monitoring and Evaluating the Tourism
Development Plan
 Presents a simplified discussion of
monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and
 recommends simple tools on doing
M&E.
Major Parts of the Guidebook
 11 Supplemental Readings
7. Managing the Impacts of Tourism
 Helps you identify and analyze the
positive and negative impacts of
tourism
 Teaches you on how to manage the
impacts by enhancing the positive
and minimizing the negative impacts.
Major Parts of the Guidebook
 11 Supplemental Readings
8. Developing Tourism Products and
Marketing the LGU Destination
 Aids you on how tourism products
are developed and promoted to
attract visitors.
 Orients you on tourism marketing
and promotions techniques.
Major Parts of the Guidebook
 11 Supplemental Readings
9. Institutionalizing Tourism Standards
 Existing national and international
tourism standards
10. Organizing a Local Tourism Office
 Legal framework in organizing a local
tourism office
 Suggests possible roles and
functions of a local tourism officer.
Standards Set by the DOT

http://www.tourism.gov.ph/sitepages/TourismStandards.aspx
Major Parts of the Guidebook
 11 Supplemental Readings
11.Relevant Laws, Policies and Tourism-
related Literature
 Web links on tourism-related laws
and policies
 Development planning, the
environment, gender and other
issues.
Thank you for your attention!
Email us at wmandrada@tourism.gov.ph or visit us at
www.tourism.gov.ph