Analysing the Public-Private Partnership Implementation of the Tourism Sector in Coastal Municipalities of Batangas

Public Private Partnership for the People or PPPP is a shared plan between the general public and private sectors that is actually dependably in a long term. Public Private Partnership is a system exists by which public and private sectors can cooperate to help and accomplish the destinations that can profit the general population. The study aims to assess the implementation of Public-Private Partnership in the tourism sector in coastal municipalities of Batangas. The researchers used the descriptive method of research to gather data in analyzing the Public-Private Partnership implementation in the tourism sector in coastal municipalities of Batangas. The researchers found that respondents are mostly in the age of 35-45 years old; mostly female and majority have stayed for more than 11 years. The researchers found out that in Batangas there is such a minimal PPP project that are implemented particularly in the coastal municipalities of Batangas. The administration and the locals in the community have insufficient knowledge about the collaboration of the public and private sectors in terms of doing such projects that a certain community can benefit based on the written and verbal interviews conducted with the locals of coastal municipalities in Batangas, tourism officers, and government employees.

Keywords –public private partnerships, program implementation, tourism sector, coastal municipalities