Chapter V heritage site.

These can include print and electronic

programs, community activities and ongoing research
Homestay Operations
training, and evaluation of the interpretation process
o Homestay itself.
o Form of accommodation
- Purpose of Interpretation
o Tourism product
o Visitor experience
o Involves interaction with the local
o Educating of how’s, what’s and why’s
family
protecting special places
o Phil. Standards
o Raising awareness, understanding and
o Prevailing peace and order
support for conservation
o Existing natural and man made
o Promoting a message
attractions
o Fostering desired visitor behavior
o Accessible with existing transportation
- Interpretation Satisfies:
services
o Curiosity
o Home facilities
o Adds depth to visitor experience
o Durable building materials
o Entertains
o Good and presentation condition
o Heightens sensory awareness
o New application
o Inspires
o Valid mayor’s permit
- ICOMOS Heritage Interpretation and
o DTI Business permit
Presentation
o Proof of attendance
o Access and understanding
o Other documents
o Soundness of information sources
o Renewal
o Attention to context and setting
o Valid mayor’s permit
o Preservation of authenticity
o Renewed DTI business name certificate,
o Planning for sustainability
if expired
o Concern for inclusiveness
o ASEAN
o Importance of research, evaluation,
o Minimum of five (5) registered home
training
stay providers
- Good practices in interpretation
o ASEAN Homestay certification body
o Be a good host
o Government tourism
o Focus only on things that are in front of
o Non-governmental organization
the tour participants
o Health organization
o Engage the tour participants by asking
o Safety and security organization
thought provoking questions
o Environmental and cultural organization
o Prepare by studying about the topic
Chapter VI- Interpretation thoroughly
o Separate facts from anecdotes and
o Interpretation make sure to clarify
o (Freeman Tilden – 1957) father of o Focus on one theme at a time
interpretation o Take time to talk about each topic in
-an educational activity which aims to reveal meanings detail
and relationships through the use of original objects, by o Use appropriate technology to reach in
firsthand experience, and by illustrative media, rather the tour group
than simply to communicate factual information. o Use humor whenever appropriate
o Be respectful of the audience
o (ICOMOS – 2008) o Make a proper conclusion at the end of
-full range of potential activities intended to heighten the tour
public awareness and enhance understanding of cultural - Choosing the interpretation media
o Guided tour
 o Point duty  Inventory existing resource and
o Roving interpretation social conditions
o Audiovisual presentation  Specify standards for resource
o Demonstrations and social conditions for each
o Living history opportunity class
o Interactive  Identify alternative opportunity
o Lecture conditions
o Drama  Identify management actions
o Non-personal for each alternative
o Audiovisual devices  Evaluate and select a preferred
o Interactive media alternative
- Display Panels  Implement actions and monitor
o Colquhoun (2005) able to see easily conditions
- Guided personal Interpretation - Visitor Impact Management (VIM)
o Guided walks o Negative visitor impacts
o Talks  Review and identification of
o Presentations issues
o Roving interpreters  Selection of indicators
o Drama  Resources inventory
o Activity programs  Specification of standards
o Special events  Implementation through an
o Volunteers iterative process of monitoring
o Concessionary interpretation activities  Comparison of impacts with
- Types of Trail Signs standards
o Directional signs  Identification of alternative
o Trailhead signs management options
o Kiosks - Visitor Experience and Resource Protection
o Regulatory and cautionary signs o Visitor use impacts / behavior
- Guidelines for Signage - Visitor Activity Management Process (VAMP)
o Direction o Activities suitable for parks
o Information o Strategies
o Identification - Minimizing Visitor Impacts
o Safety and regulations o Restricting number of visitors entering
the site
Chapter VII – Visitor Management
o Putting a maximum number of people
- Visitor Management Frameworks per group of tourists together
- Carrying Capacity o Preassigning sites to specific groups of
o limits to level of visitation in ecotourism visitors to distribute their impacts
sites o Area closures during bird periods
- Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) o Limiting the length of stay on the site
o Making decisions on what kind of o Putting barriers to restrict access to
conditions in an ecotourism site danger zones
 Identify area issues and o Prohibiting certain activities like hunting
concerns or making fire
 Define and describe o Restricting vehicle access to the site and
opportunity classes concentrating facilities in a specific part
 Select indicators of resource of the site
and social conditions o