Thesis (BS Architecture) University of the Philippines Mindanao, 2019

This study aimed to provide coastline tourism development guidelines for resorts in Samal Island through the projection of tourist carrying capacity and destination competitiveness. The Island Garden City of Samal had been selected as the main tourism destination of the Davao Region which would entail the possibility of overcrowding and poor site planning. The study was then conducted in order to help lessen the negative impacts brought about by tourism especially with regards to overcrowding. A total of twenty-four beach resorts in the Babak District of Samal Island were visited in order to gather information for the study. The information collected was then utilized in order to formulate coastal tourism development guidelines. These guidelines centered on the average number of people that would most likely use a particular space in the resort per day. Based on this data, the required area of a space could be computed. The spaces identified in the study were based on the top activities and suggestions of both present and potential tourists. Other data that was used in the study were the setbacks and other present development guidelines provided by the government of Samal Island. The study can be replicated for the different districts in Samal Island since the corrective factors are more or less the same for all three districts. However, it would be recommended that similar studies be conducted in the future especially when the Davao-Samal bridge is completed. It would also be recommended for future similar studies to check which corrective factors are applicable at the period in which the study is conducted and to add or remove some. Lastly, it would be recommended for similar studies to be conducted during heavy tourist seasons in order to get more diverse results.