Eco-tourism in the Philippines: Educational and recreational value of the Alayan cave systems

• Main Authors: Gallato, Cristina G., Reamillo, Kristy Aireen Gallato, Valdez, Nena P., Warokka, Ari, Abdullah, Haim Hilman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Inderscience Publishers 2012
• Subjects: G Geography (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/9492/1/1.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/9492/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/JGBA.2012.049509
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

In this paper, we calculate the related costs of transport, food, accommodation and time involved as well as the rate of visits as compared to the costs, and the benefits from the Alayan Cave System (ACS), by using the Individual Travel Cost Method (ITCM) to determine the educational and recreationa...