Socio-cultural, environmental, and economic factors associated with sustainable and regenerative coastal tourism in the province of Iloilo: Bases for a model development

Abstract

It is essential to identify the socio-cultural factors, environmental factors, and economic factors of sustainable and regenerative coastal tourism to minimize environmental degradation and ensure viability by improving resource allocation and ensuring long-term economic benefits while creating a mutually beneficial relationship among key tourism stakeholders and creating a sustainable tourist hotspot in the country's profound coastal tourism destination. Tourism necessitates a flexible framework that can adapt to changing global trends and endorse comprehensive policies for the future (Hussain & Haley, 2022). Coastal tourism is the largest sector of the maritime economic subdivisions and often raise arguments regarding the environmental impacts (Papageorgiou, 2016). Hence, the purpose of this study was to determine the socio-cultural, environmental, and economic factors associated with sustainable and regenerative coastal tourism in the Province of Iloilo as a basis for the development of a sustainable and regenerative coastal tourism model. Socio-cultural, environmental, and economic factors have a positive impact on sustainable coastal tourism, sustainable coastal tourism has a positive impact on regenerative coastal tourism, and economic factors have a positive impact on regenerative coastal tourism.