03253nas|a2200409 i 4500 20260817163002.0 030704s2002 th u m rtt 00| a1eng d .b11889226 AIT Thesis no. UE-01-28 Cachafeiro, Jaime Enciso Application of tourism carrying capacity to an urban heritage destination : Vigan (Philippines) Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 89 p. Thesis ; no. UE-01-28 A thesis submitted in paitial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 This research aims to present an application of tourism carrying capacity being context specific to an urban destination with rich heritage content: Vigan (Philippines). Tourism development at the destination is special-event driven, highly seasonal and its main characteristics are the short stay of visitors and a lack of diversity of attractions. Current tourism carrying capacity of the destination is low, basically due to a limited supply of tourism services in terms of accommodation and leisure facilities. Four carrying capacity issues are identified and discussed, namely: short length of stay of visitors, inadequate accommodation facilities both in quantity and quality of services provided, isolation of the destination both geographically and market wise and a closed entrepreneurship environment. Given monitoring framework of current carrying capacity is based on five management objectives and twenty indicators. Assessment of tourism carrying capacity as a management tool have been proven useful when linked to ongoing tourism planning, but requirements in terms of data availability and a participatory decision-making environment have to be met. Further research has to be oriented to include seasonality into the discussion and come up with a working geographical scale when applying the concept to a given destination. Heritage tourism Philippines Vigan Sajor, Edsel E., Chairperson Zimmermann, Willi, Examination Committee Swierczek, F.W., Examination Committee European Culture Commission, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. UE-01-28 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B07764 .b11889226 mnait u 240403 0 030704 m a u 0 mnait mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120844401 CREATED : 2003-04-07 RECORD # : i12339374 LPATRON : 1028045 LCHKIN : 2018-08-18 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 1 TOT CHKOUT : 18 TOT RENEW : 10 Barcode : 30050120844377 CREATED : 2003-04-07 RECORD # : i12339386 LPATRON : 1021529 LCHKIN : 2010-08-06 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 12 TOT RENEW : 2 Barcode : 30050160020607 CREATED : 2016-01-20 RECORD # : i12871011 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 6924 6924 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no. UE-01-28 30050120844401 2026-08-17 16:30:02 1 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no. UE-01-28 30050120844377 2026-08-17 16:30:02 2 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no. UE-01-28 30050160020607 2026-08-17 16:30:02 2026-08-17 40