Abstract
This study developed a Community-based Tourism (CBT) Model for the Agta Tabangnon communities in Tiwi, Albay wherein the socio economic profile of the Agta Tabangnon communities are assessed and the prospects of developing community-based tourism were determined. Further, the community-based tourism model was developed for the Agta Tabangnon communities in Tiwi, Albay. Descriptive-qualitative research was employed which utilized interview guide, focus group discussion, pagmasid-masid and patanong tanong in gathering data from the 44 Agta Tabangon residents from the four tribal communities namely Misibis, Joroan, Mayong and Tabgon in Tiwi, Albay. The study found that the Agta Tabangnons’ domicile and living pattern had become complicated when they slowly moved from their domain to the low-land barangays for security reason. Thus, their social and economic structures also changed. The community offers a variety of natural features and cultural resources. The study proved that the domain has been endowed with rich natural attractions and the daily life routine and practices were good cultural attractions for the CBT. Further, CBT for the Agta Tabangnon communities need careful preparation and business planning for development in order to achieve the goals of the program towards alleviating the economic condition of the IPs towards sustainable CBT. The CBT management model is essential in the implementation of the Agta Tabangnon Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan (ADSDPP) which provides implementation and management approaches through people-centered development of tourism in the ancestral domain.
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Theme
2019 Special Focus - Beyond Constraints: Valuing Diversity and Culture in the Tourism Experience
KEYWORDS
Community-based Tourism, CBT
