Review of Related Literature

Review of Related Literature There are numerous similar ways of developing a certain region or an area. Examples of these are as follows: Hotel and Resorts Hotels and Resorts is a wonderful combination for tourists that are scheduled to spend a day or two or even a whole month in a certain region of the Country. This has proven to be greatly patronized by wonderers or tourists all around the globe. Hotels and Resorts offers a place to rest, eat, enjoy, relax, and gamble for some. This is the total pleasure that everyone wouldn’t deny off. This is one of the perfect development of a city or an entire region. This could improve a region’s profitability greatly. Examples of these hotel and resorts theme overseas are Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Resort, Hyatt Hotel and Resorts, Kahala Hotel and Resort, Oberoi Hotel and Resort. Some domestic examples would be Water Front Hotel and Resort, Imperial Palace Hotel and Resort, Shangri-La Plaza, Regency Hotel and Resort, Crown Luxury Hotel and Resort, Ayala Zobel Hotel and Resort, etc. Function and Adventure Areas Function and Adventure Areas offers team building and premium luxury of adventure and a close encounter with nature itself. There are numerous of this tourist and local destination in the country. This became popular when the Zip-Line fever came up, most function and adventure areas around the globe competes for the longest zipline to be made. This type of tourist destination offers different adventures for a team, a couple, or just relaxation of both. Some of these adventures are as follows High wire Z,

High Wire X, High Wire Y, Trust Fall, Blind Man’s Trail, Budgie Jumping, Fall Back, Sky Diving, Parachuting, Wall Climbing, Mountain Climbing, Swimming, Water Rafting, Surfing, Rappelling, Knot Tying, Knot Untying, and the undying Zip-line. Local Studies Theme parks in the Philippines have proven to raise the tourism awareness of a specific region. These theme parks are tourist attraction that serves as a dominant procurement for development not only in tangible physique but also in the region’s popularity rating. Popularity is very important in tourism, good popularity rating leads to more tourists visiting a certain region. A theme park is always the best solution upon problems such as popularity, development, tourism, and regional status symbolism. Every region in the Philippines is part of the invisible “Country Regional Ratings”. This explains why regions in the Philippines silently compete in terms of betterment. Microexamples of this is Markina for instance competes in terms of cleanliness and road development, Zamboanga for instance competes in agriculture so as La Union, Palawan and Camiguin competes in fishery, Cebu competes in tourist destinations and wonderful beaches, etc. these are just examples of how the regions react as a body of whole. Theme parks in the Philippines also provide a sense of security of a certain region. This security is in terms of profitability and marketing. A theme park helps promote a city or a region without haste. Marketing is very important in tourism. It is the dominant tool to promote a certain city in terms of tourism. Marketing can be spread at ease by having satisfied tourists or locals that visit a certain city, the “word of mouth”

spreads from here and onwards. Thus, drastically attracts tourists around the world and locals around the country.

Examples of theme parks in the Philippines: Enchanted Kingdom at San Lorenzo South Village, Sta. Rosa City, Laguna Philippines. Enchanted Kingdom is known as “The Place to BE!”. It is the best theme park that engages in various activities such as carnival rides, shopping, souvenir collectibles, theme orientation, fireworks display, paint-ball, and family “Jam-packed” thrill of adventures. Enchanted Kingdom is much favored than the whole of Laguna. Most people does not even recognize that they are in Laguna. Enchanted Kingdom had made its legacy through the years of good service. It had made the highest sense of popularity which is the “Top of Mind” popularity. An example of Top of Mind popularity is when one says softdrinks, Coca-Cola comes in mind automatically. In this sense, CocaCola is the “Top of Mind” popularity. The same goes for Enchanted Kingdom when one says Theme Park or Rides. It is not that far from the National Capital Region, thus making it highly accessible. Ocean Adventure at Camayan Wharf, West Alanin Forest Area, Subic Bay Freeport Zone (the old U.S. naval base). Ocean Adventure offers a tour that displays various creatures of the sea such as Dolphins, Sharks, Killer-Whales, Whale-Sharks, Seagulls, Sea Lions, Turtles, and a whole lot more of Marine biology. It enables people to experience how it’s like to be able to feel the ambiance of the sea. It offers the people package deals good for partners, families, and “barkadas”. This theme park has made

its way through awareness and is known nationwide. It also makes way for tourist attraction. There is always a reason why foreigners would love to see marine biology at the Ocean Adventure even though this scenery is greatly common in other countries. Hundred Islands at the Province of Pangasinan in northern Philippines, specifically located at the Alaminos City. Beb, explain like how I did in this part. This is your province, you MUST know. Guimaras Islands has a strategic vantage point that is accessible via land transport. Land transport is much favored by tourists for it will allow “sight-seeing” of provinces, country roads, people, and geography. This is an advantage. These tourist destination has a potential when it comes to a theme park proposal for it will be strategically located. The theme park would have a high probability of procuring higher profit for the region and for the province itself. It is proven that theme parks could raise a city’s or a province’s status by luring in tourists and visitors that would eventually spend time, money, and wonderful memories. Foreign Studies Disneyland Park, a theme park located in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of the Walt Disney Company. This was known as Disneyland when it had opened on July 18, 1955, and still is colloquially known by that name up to this day. Disneyland is the only theme park to be specially designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. 1998, this theme

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Disneyland has undergone a number of expansions and numerous renovations, including the addition of New Orleans Square in 1966, Bear Country(now Critter Country) in 1972, and Mickey's Toontown in 1993. Disney California Adventure Park was built on the site of Disneyland's original parking lot and opened in 2001. Disneyland has a larger cumulative attendance than any other theme park in the world, with close to more than 600 million guests since it opened. In 2010, 15.98 million people visited the park, making it the second most visited park in the world that calendar year. Longleat Safari Park, in Wiltshire, England was opened in 1966 and was the first drive-through safari park outside Africa.[1][2] The park is situated in the grounds of Longleat House, an English stately home that attracts tourists and is the current home of the 7th Marquess of Bath. The safari park was the first of its kind anywhere in the world and was considered to be a massive breakthrough in the way in which captive animals were kept, with the animals roaming freely and the visitors in cages (cars). Longleat Safari Park and the whole concept of safari parks were the brainchild of Jimmy Chipperfield (1912–1990), former co-director of Chipperfield's Circus.[3] Today Longleat's collection comprises over 500 animals, and the whole estate is situated on 9,000 acres (36.42 km2) of Wiltshire countryside.