Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Tourism in Batangas Province, Philippines

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) has drawn the Philippines from an image of investments and Asia’s rising star to its golden age of infrastructure. This study verified the respondent’s awareness in tourism plans and programs of different first-class municipalities and cities of Batangas; assess the PPP implementation in tourism sector; confirm the significant factors that contribute to a successful PPP in terms of socio-cultural, economic, environmental, political, and legal thru the assessment of awareness and implementation of public and private sectors. Descriptive research was used to determine the factors that may contribute to the formulations of PPP framework. Linear regression analysis was also used to determine the significant factors for a successful PPP. It was concluded that most of the respondents are moderately aware of the tourism plans and programs of the province and there was a moderate implementation of PPP projects in the province which is not under the tourism sector. Public sector predictors are economic and legal, while private sectors predictors are also economic, legal, and environmental under awareness in tourism plans and programs. For assessment of implementation; public predictors are same from the previous result while for private predictors are economic, legal, political and socio-cultural. Primary framework was created for the upcoming implementation of PPP for tourism sector of the Province.

Keywords –public private partnerships, PPP framework, tourism sector