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Culture for Development: A Global Vision

Culture for Development: A Global Vision. Dr. Mina T. Gabor Former Secretary of the Philippine Department of Tourism Honorary Consul, Republic of Maldives Chairman, International School of Sustainable Tourism . Influences. Colonial Civilizations – Unwilling recipients Pre-Spanish

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Culture for Development: A Global Vision

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  1. Culture for Development: A Global Vision

  2. Dr. Mina T. Gabor • Former Secretary of the Philippine Department of Tourism • Honorary Consul, Republic of Maldives • Chairman, International School of Sustainable Tourism

  3. Influences • Colonial Civilizations – Unwilling recipients • Pre-Spanish • Spanish • Others • Migration – Willing recipients • Inter-cultural marriages • Work-related (overseas workers) • Media and the Internet

  4. Philippine Ethnic Groups • Aeta - The Original Filipino

  5. Badjaws of the Sulu Sea (Sea Gypsies)

  6. Culture and Tourism = Love and Marriage (You can’t have one without the other)

  7. Culture is Education

  8. Culture is Livelihood

  9. There are open air markets everywhere in the Philippines. It is a principal source of income, for the tourists, a chance for a real bargain and for the rest a social event.

  10. Newly harvested bamboo poles nearly cover the banca and outriggers. They will be taken downstream to the Sunday Crafts market into a furniture factory. The shoots are culinary delicacy, while the mature stems are used as building materials - from homes to furnishings like the baby bassinet for Angelina Jolie’s baby or the living room set for Sophia Loren.

  11. Culture is health and wellness

  12. A trip to another far off place makes us grow. Indigenous massages from the east vary from country to country and some will appeal to you more than others. Generally, these massages were not created for pleasure but for real therapeutic benefit. The unspoken purpose is to increase blood circulation, restore lymphatic, nervous and musculoskeletal systems, dissolve tension , tightness and stored emotions and recharges the body.

  13. Thai Massage Chinese Massage Shiatsu Massage Ayurvedic Massage

  14. Culture is conservation

  15. Culture is Community Development Festivals Sporting Events Homestays

  16. Culture is People Tourism

  17. Culture is Peace

  18. Culture is Business

  19. ASIA: The Next Destination • Thien Mu Pagoda, Vietnam The Rice Terraces, Philippines • WatArun, Thailand • Angkor Thom, Cambodia • Borobudur Temple, Indonesia

  20. “The Asian Mind Game” by Ms. Chin-Ming Chu, President of Asian Consultants, Inc. • Talked about the Do’s and Don’ts when doing business in Asia. For the most part it is understanding the different cultures of the Asian countries.

  21. Global Vision

  22. 2013 - 2023 Decade of Action for Sustainable Tourism

  23. “If the world worked together, up to 50 million jobs could be created”.

  24. 2013: VISIT THE WORLD YEAR

  25. Culture is Sustainable Tourism Bayanihan: Working Together, Helping each other.

  26. MABUHAY! URL: www.isstphilippines.edu.ph Email: info@isstphilippines.edu.ph Tel/Fax: (632) 832-0996 / (63 047) 250-2460

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