Case Study in Baguio

INTRODUCTIONSocio- cultural groundwork be easily tacit by anyone because it only definesthe interaction of people and distinguishable kinds of culture and touris test is one of the reasons in that respect spend a penny been a generation of socio-cultural impacts. Socio-cultural impacts of touristry are set forth as the effects on the host communities of direct and validatory interaction with the tourists and the relation back with the tourism industry. The impacts arise when tourism brings about changes in value systems and behavior and thereby threatens indigenous identity.Furthermore, changes often occur in partnership structure, family relationships, collective traditional life styles, ceremonies and morality. But tourism bunghole likewise generate corroborative impacts as it can serve as a supportive force for peace, foster pride in cultural traditions and help avoid urban relocation by creating local jobs. As often happens when unlike cultures meet, socio-cultur al impacts are ambiguous the same objectively described impacts are seen as beneficial by some(prenominal) groups, and are sensed as electronegative or as having negative aspects by other stakeholders.OBJECTIVEThis case study aims to address the socio-cultural impacts of Tourism on researchers chosen host community which is Baguio by going on the place, doing observation, information gathering and interviewing indigenous people. Another reason is to generate or ready possible strategies in giving dissolvent to the negative impacts and to strengthen the positive impacts that has been observe in the area. This case study overly aims to explain this take with our fellow Tourism Students that will help in giving stop understanding with the subject.OBSERVATIONFrom the long span of time that we have spent in observing the changes happened to the summer capital of the Philippines, we have determined positive and negative impacts of tourism in the socio-cultural aspects of Baguio. These are the resultsPOSITIVE NEGATIVE Cultural rescue Congestion of Re stancential Construction and Overpopulation Preservation of Man-Made Attractions whoredom modify Communities Production of Prohibited Drugs Generating Work for Local Communities Pollution and Waste outgrowth of Facilities Traffic Peace Undergoing Transportation theme Increasing Crime site Cultural Diversity Figure 1. Positive and Negative Impacts of Tourism in Socio-CulturalANALYZATIONBy going personally at Baguio city, weve been capable of analyzing positive and negative impacts of tourism in socio-cultural aspects and to fully understand the identified impacts. Here are the explanations On the positive impactsCultural preservation Tourism helped boost the preservation and infection of cultural and historical traditions, which often contri barelyes to the conservation and sustainable management of inwrought resources, the protection of local heritage, and a renaissance of indigenous cultures, cultural humanistic discipline and crafts. Preservation of Man-made attraction Aside from preservation of cultural arts, they also become aware of making different places in Baguio beautiful and healthy preserved for a long time because these are one of their shipway in facing the demands of the tourists Strengthening communities Tourism can helped in adding vital force in the city of Baguio in many ways.One example is that events and festivals of which local residents have been the primary participants and spectators are often rejuvenated and developed in response to tourist interest. Generating work for local communities To fulfill the needs of the tourists, tourism created jobs for the local residents that gave wait on also to the needs of the community and the economy. Local residents also dont need to be away from their familiesto look for a job. Development of facilities the culture of the tourism in the city of Baguio gave benefit to the local residents because tourism helpe d in the improvement of infrastructures, health, and transportation facilities. Also, new sport and recreational facilities, restaurants, and public spaces as well as an influx of better-quality commodities and food bringing Baguio to a high and better standard of living.On the negative impactsCongestion of Residential construction and Overpopulation Baguio is genuinely blessed in raw(a) resources specially the weather and because of these one of a kind asset that cant be found in other places, a conduct of people wished and moved to Baguio to experience and enthrall the gifts of God to Baguio but because of that interest. A lot of people are already congested in the mountains of Baguio and they are the reason why some of the natural resources are already destroyed. They keep on building housing infrastructure in Baguio that we cant even find an open space. Prostitution we cant change the fact that in most of the known destinations in the Philippines that had been fully affe cted by the changes of this generation and influenced by the electric arc of other culture became prone to prostitution. This kind of impact lowers the morality of the community which is not good for the residents of Baguio.Production of Prohibited drugs from what we have heard, drug dealers can contract good quality of prohibited drugs because of the convenient weather and to think of it, it has also the same impact of prostitution. It lowers the morality and drives the younger residents of Baguio to this unlikely nature. And it also brings miserable rate of the city to a higher scale. Pollution and waste there are ton of people visiting and living in Baguio and that gives a ton of waste to land and air. Hotels and other establishments assessing the needs of the tourists is the primary subscriber of these waste but it can be solve with the participation of the residents and tourists in Baguio.Traffic it doesnt really concern in the cultural aspects that Baguio have but it do es concern in the society. The primary mode of transportation going to Baguio is by car and since there are hundreds of people with cars are going to Baguio, it causes employment and congestion that also results to the inconvenience ofeveryone. Undergoing transportation infrastructure In relation to the traffic, we have observe as we travel going to Baguio, there are a lot of roads that are either wrecked or under construction making the travel time a lot longer. Baguio is a famous destination and it is much better if the roads are fixed and there are lights on the side of the roads that can give safety to the visitors travelling to Baguio.Cultural Diversity Cultural diversity has a different case, it has both the positive and negative impacts in the socio-cultural aspects. Baguio always faces different kinds of culture for a long period of time already and as everything is improving, Baguio also improves with it. Local residents learned how to make their lifestyles much better a nd try to be in with the current trends today but because of that, some of the cultures in Benguet are already fading and almost forgotten which is the bad side of the improving society. Some of the local residents are already socialized and the shape of pure natives is decreasing fast due to the time and the influence of tourists that has different cultures. Increasing Crime Rate with a lot of tourist, we cant really be sure that all of them have good intentions and some of them became snatcher and holdapers. With these incidents, it became a threat to some tourist and this gives them the reason not to go to Baguio. It lessens their security and safetyCONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONWe concluded on the end of our observation that Baguio distillery has rich cultural arts that should be seen by more incoming generations and the local residents of Baguio are very good at preserving their cultural heritage. even up the society is being more into the current trend, it is nice that the y still reckon their culture and they are also proud of it. It terms of finding solution and suggestions to the problems and to improve their strengths, the only possible answers we can get are these more than support from the Government in implementing further rules and regulations Participation and Discipline of both Local Residents and Tourists Cooperation of the Hotels, restaurants and other service facilities in Baguio Awareness of everyone to the environmental issues