Sustainability of horse-drawn carriages as tourist attractions, case studies of select Philippine cities

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

Confidenciality: No

Education area(s): Gestió de Destinacions Turístiques

Title in different languages: Sustainability of horse-drawn carriages as tourist attractions, case studies of select Philippine cities

Abstract: This master’s thesis explores the sustainability of horse-drawn carriages called the “calesa” as tourist attractions in the selected cities in the Philippines. While several destinations around the world have banned horse-drawn carriages as attractions, the study investigates why the calesa in the Philippines, a horse-drawn carriage introduced during the Spanish Colonial Rule in the country, survives as a contemporary tourist attraction in some cities in the Philippines namely the City of San Fernando (Pampanga), Municipality of Cabagan (Isabela), Tuguegarao City (Cagayan), Laoag City (Ilocos Norte), and Vigan City (Ilocos Sur).

Subject: Turisme

Academic year: 2022-2023

Language: en

Work's public defense date: 2023-06-28

Student: PANGILINAN, MA. LOURDES CARMELLA JADE DAVID

Department: Geografia

Creation date in repository: 2023-07-12

TFM credits: 12

Keywords: Philippine calesas, sustainability, equine tourism

Title in original language: Sustainability of horse-drawn carriages as tourist attractions, case studies of select Philippine cities

Access Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Project director: GIMÉNEZ GÓMEZ, JOSÉ MANUEL