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Faculty members are engaged not only in teaching, but handle research and extension services related to their specific areas of expertise. Research outputs of faculty members, research and extension professionals, and students have been presented and published in local and international academic journals, books, discussion papers, manuals and training regulations. Since the institute’s inception in 1976, AIT has trained thousands of participants on topics like convention management, workforce development, hotel and restaurant management, travel & tours operation, tourism laws, tourism planning, policy development, tourism statistics, marketing and branding, crisis management and resilience building in tourism destinations, among others.

LIST OF RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION OUTPUTS OF FACULTY MEMBERS

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Year Name of Faculty Bibliograpic Information
2023 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD BIII, B. S. M., Jacinto, G. S., Castro, J. R., Subade, R. F., Alampay, R. B. A., & Cruz, L. J. (2023). Fisheries Management Areas in the West Philippine Sea and Their Heritage Values. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 1.
2023 RIELLE CHRISTIAN D. ALCANTARA, MCD Alcantara, R. C. D. (2023). Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism Livelihoods in Island Destinations: The Case of Cagbalete Island, Quezon, Philippines. In COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for Recovery: Volume One: A Global Perspective (pp. 61-79). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
2023 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Badilla, M. C., & Castro, C. F. (2023). Travel vlogging and its role in destination marketing. In Routledge Handbook of Trends and Issues in Tourism Sustainability, Planning and Development, Management, and Technology (pp. 313-325). Routledge.
2023 MIGUELA M. MENA, PHD / GLADYS WINA B. NOCON, MBA Nocon, G.W., Mena, M., Rivera, J.P., & Gutierrez, E.L. (2023). Developing a Research Methodology for a Philippine Tourism Monitoring System, People Planet, Profit: Principles and Practices of Sustainable Tourism. De La Salle University.
2022 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Badilla, M. C. G. (2022). Cagayan Valley: Your Islands and Valley of Fun–A Case of Regional Branding in the Philippines. In Tourism in the Philippines: Applied Management Perspectives (pp. 97-116). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
2022 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Badilla, M. C. G., Carvajal, A. L., Castro, C. F., & Castro, M. P. (2022). Home Away from Home: Foreign Vloggers’ Gaze of the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Tourism in the Philippines: Communities, Hosts and Guests (pp. 79-92). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
2022 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Badilla, M. (2022), Market Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning: The Case of Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines. Marketing Tourist Destinations in Emerging Economies Towards Competitive and Sustainable Emerging Tourist Destinations. Eds. Ishmael Mensah, Kandappan Balasubramanian, Mohd Raziff Jamaluddin, Gina Alcoriza, Vanessa Gaffar and S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh. Palgrave Studies in Emerging Economies.
2022 REIL G. CRUZ, PhD Cruz, R. G., & Era, J. S. B. (2022). Destination Branding Slogans and their Impact on Tourist Arrivals: The Case of the Philippines. Marketing Tourist Destinations in Emerging Economies: Towards Competitive and Sustainable Emerging Tourist Destinations, 231-258.
2022 REIL G. CRUZ, PhD Cruz, R. (2022). Tourism Accreditation in the Philippines: Government and Private Sector Perspectives. In Tourism in the Philippines: Applied Management Perspectives (pp. 119-135). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
2022 REIL G. CRUZ, PhDD Cruz, R. G. (2022). Tourism Policy Planning and Development (1st ed). Manila: Rex Book Store, Inc. (RBSI)
2022 RICHARD PHILIP A. GONZALO Alibudbud, R., & Gonzalo, R. P. (2022). Social Determinants of Coping among Filipino Cultural Educators in the time of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Journal (SHE Journal), 3(2), 170-184.
2022 GIOVANNI FRANCIS A. LEGASPI, MIR / EDIESER DE LA SANTA, PhD Legaspi, G. F. A., & Dela Santa, E. D. (2022). Partnerships Towards Sustainability: The Revival of Boracay’s Wetlands. In Asian Tourism Sustainability (pp. 19-38). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
2022 EMMA LINA F. LOPEZ, PhD King-Chan, M. S. E., Capistrano, R. C. G., & Lopez, E. L. F. (2022). Tourists really do behave responsibly toward the environment in Camiguin Province, Philippines. In Island Tourism Sustainability and Resiliency (pp. 212-237). Routledge.
2022 EDIESER DE LA SANTA, PhD Santa, E. D., Ramos-Tumanan, M. A., & Ryan, C. (2022). Protected Area Tourism in Batanes Islands, Philippines: Issues and Impacts. In Tourism Transformations in Protected Area Gateway Communities (pp. 109-123). GB: CABI.
2021 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Badilla, M. C. G. (2021). Do you feel the warmth? The online destination image of Southeast Asia. In The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism (pp. 102-110). Routledge.
2021 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Badilla, M. C. G. (2021). Tourism and Hospitality Marketing. Quezon City, Philippines: Rex Book Store, Inc. [Textbook]
2021 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Badilla, M. C. G. (2021). New Approaches to Market Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning: The Case of Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines. In Marketing Tourist Destinations in Emerging Economies, USA: Springer International Publishing, pp.189-210.
2021 MONINA M. BUCCAT Buccat, M. (2021). From Recovery Marketing to Destination Resillience: A Comparative Case Analysis of Tourism Disaster Recovery Strategies in Asia. Journal of Philippine Tourism and Hospitality Studies 2(1).
2021 REIL G. CRUZ, PhD Cruz, R. G., & Era, J. S. B. (2022). Destination Branding Slogans and their Impact on Tourist Arrivals: The Case of the Philippines. Marketing Tourist Destinations in Emerging Economies: Towards Competitive and Sustainable Emerging Tourist Destinations, 231-258.
2021 MARIA CARMELA IBANEZ Ibanez, M. C. (2021). Community-based Tourism as a Tool to Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. Journal of Philippine Tourism and Hospitality Studies 2(1).
2021 EDIESER DE LA SANTA, PhD Santa, E. D. D., & Guerrero, R. G. I. (2021). Higher Education in Tourism and Hospitality in the Philippines: Stakeholders, Forces, Processes, and Outcomes. In Higher Education Challenges in South-East Asia (pp. 171-181). IGI Global.
2020 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Mena, M. M., & Sy, C. C. (2020). Linking 7 Responsible Rural Tourism to Agritourism in the Philippines: A Case Study of Costales Nature Farms. Responsible Rural Tourism in Asia, 103.
2019 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Briones, S. A. L and Badilla, M. C. G. (2019). Manila Tourism: Maximizing the Capital City's Culture and Heritage Potential. Journal of Philippine Tourism And Hospitality Studies, 1(1), 37-45.
2019 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Badilla, M. (2019). Philippine Tourism, Culture, and Geography, Rex Publishing Inc. Quezon City
2019 REIL G. CRUZ, PhD Cruz, R. G. (2019). Sustainable Tourism. Quezon City: Rex Publishing Inc. [Textbook]
2019 GIOVANNI FRANCIS A. LEGASPI Legaspi, G. F. (2019). Flexible Work and Work Life Balance in the Embroidery Businesses in Lumban, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Labor and Industrial Relations. Quezon City, Philippines: UP School of Labor and Industrial Relations
2019 EMMA LINA F. LOPEZ, PhD Lopez, E. L. F. (2019). Application of the literacy training service component of the National Service Training Program in New Bilibid Prison (Philippines). International Review of Education, 65, 755-784.
2019 REIL G. CRUZ, PhD / GIOVANNI FRANCIS A. LEGASPI Cruz, R. G., & Legaspi, G. F. A. (2019). Boracay beach closure: The role of the government and the private sector. Overtourism: Issues, realities and solutions, 95-110.
2019 RICHARD PHILIP A. GONZALO / MIGUEL M. MENA, PhD Bawagan, A. B., Mena, M. M., Gonzalo, R.P.A., and Obedicen, V. G. (2019). Learning Tourism Destination: Contributions towards Community Education and Social Development. Philippine Journal of Social Development,12, 155.
2019 RICHARD PHILIP A. GONZALO / IVAN ANTHONY S. HENARES Henares, I. A. S., Soriano, R. S., Soriano, V. J., Gonzalo, R. P. A., Llaguno, E. L., Gotera, K. M. C., and Day, G. J. Sustainability Science in Cultural Landscapes – A methodological guide in developing indicators of sustainability, Journal Of Philippine Tourism And Hospitality Studies, 1(1)
2019 EDIESER DE LA SANTA, PhD Santa, E. D., & Tiatco, A. (2019). Tourism, heritage and cultural performance: Developing a modality of heritage tourism. Tourism Management Perspectives, 31, 301-309.
2018 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD / MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD / VICTORIA VILLEGAS-BACAY Alampay, R. B. A., Mena, M. M., & Villegas, V. H. (2018). Tourism circuit planning for subnational tourism development in the Philippines. Managing Asian destinations, 35-53.
2018 EDIESER DE LA SANTA, PhD Santa, E. D. (2018). Fiscal incentives for tourism development in the Philippines: A case study from policy networks and advocacy coalition framework. Tourism Planning & Development, 15(6), 615-632.
2018 EDIESER DE LA SANTA, PhD Santa, E. D. (2018). Power and politics in tourism policy and planning in the Philippines. Managing Asian destinations, 23-34.
2017 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Teng-Calleja, M., Hechanova, R., Alampay, R., & Franco, E. (2017). A Model for Local Government Transformation. in Hechanova, M. R., Teng-Calleja, M., & Franco, E. (Eds.), Transforming Local Government. (pp. 139-162). Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
2017 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Menguito, M.L., & Alampay, R. (2017). From Poverty to Sustainability: The Bohol Experience. in Hechanova, M. R., Teng-Calleja, M., & Franco, E. (Eds.), Transforming Local Government. (pp. 25-44). Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
2017 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Alampay, R. (2017). Naga City: Governance for and by the People as a Way of Life. in Hechanova, M. R., Teng-Calleja, M., & Franco, E. (Eds.), Transforming Local Government. (pp. 87-102). Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
2017 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD / MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Alampay, R.B.A. and Mena, M. (2017). Case 12: Tourism and Environmentalism: The Case of Palompon, Leyte, Philippines in Managing Growth and Sustainable Tourism Governance in Asia and the Pacific” ISBN: 978-92-844-1889-3, Copyright 2017, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Griffith University
2017 REIL G. CRUZ, PhD "Cruz, R. G. (2017). Ecotourism. Rex Book Store: Sampaloc, Manila. "
2017 MARIA CARMELA IBANEZ Co-author, (2017). Attractions and Theme Park Operations, Rex Bookstores Inc. [Textbook]
2017 EMMA LINA F. LOPEZ, PhD Lopez, E. L. F. (2017). "The Evolving Paradigm of Filipino Prisoners' Artistic Performance as a Tourism Product", Ottoman Journal of Tourism & Management Research 2(2), 2017.
2017 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Mena, M. (2017)."Airline Service Failed!" International Journal of Business and Economics, College of Business and College of Finance, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, vol. 16(3), pages 257-262, December
2017 VICTORIA H. VILLEGAS-BACAY Villegas, V. H. (2017). Tourism Promotion Services. Quezon City: Vibal Group, Inc. [Textbook]
2016 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Teng-Calleja, M., Hechanova, M.R., Alampay, R., et. al. (2016). Transformation in Philippine Local Government. Local Government Studies. 43(1):64-88.
2016 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Teng-Calleja, M., Hechanova, M. R., Canoy, N. A., Franco, E. P., Alampay, E. A., & Alampay, R. B. A. (2016). Transformation and Leadership in Local Government: OR1237.
2016 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Badilla, M. C. G. (2016). Tourism Promotions and Services, Grade 12 Basic Education Textbook. Quezon City: Rex Publishing Inc. [Textbook]
2016 REIL G. CRUZ, PhD Cruz, R. G. (2016). Tourism impacts and sustainability. Rex Book Store, Incorporated.
2016 EDIESER DE LA SANTA, PhD Dela Santa, E. & Saporsantos, J. (2016). Philippine Tourism Act of 2009: Tourism policy formulation analysis from Multiple Streams. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 8(1), pp. 53-70.
2016 RICHARD PHILIP A. GONZALO Medrana, J.G.L and R.P.A. Gonzalo (2016). Visitor Motivation and Destinations with Archaeological Significance in the Philippines. Hukay, 20, 79-114.
2016 IVAN ANTHONY S. HENARES Henares, I. A. S., Soriano, R. S., Soriano, V. J., Gonzalo, R. P. A., Llaguno, E. L., and Gotera, K. M. C. (2016). The Establishment of a Sustainability Science Demonstration Pilot Project on the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras. Report submitted to the UNESCO Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (Jakarta).
2016 GLADYS WINA B. NOCON Nocon, G. W. B., & Franco, D. D. (2016). Barrier-free tourism adherence of selected hotels in Metropolitan Manila: Pitfalls and potholes. Luz y Saber, 10(1&2), 1-1.
2015 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Alampay, R. (2015). Investment Opportunities in Local Tourism Destinations. Presentation at the Philippine Business Conference. Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 26 October 2015. Pasay City, Philippines
2015 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Badilla, M. C. G. (2015). Tourism Marketing. Quezon City: Rex Publishing Inc. [Textbook]
2015 EDIESER DE LA SANTA, PhD Dela Santa, E. (2015). The evolution of Philippine tourism policy implementation from 1973 to 2009. Tourism Planning & Development, 12(2), 155-175.
2015 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Chen. KY, Huan, TC, Mena, M.M., and Thongma, W. (2015). Developing the Volunteer Tourist's Revisit Intention Model: Taiwan Experience, International Journal of Agricultural Travel and Tourism, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp.44-58.
2015 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Novabos, C., Matias, A. and Mena, M. (2015). How Good is this Destination Website?: A User-centered Evaluation of Provincial Tourism Websites. Procedia Manufacturing, Vol.3 (2015), pp 3478-3485
2015 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Mena, Miguela M. (2015). Philippine Tourism. In J. Jafari & H. Xiao (eds.), Encyclopedia of Tourism, Springer,
2015 GIOVANNI FRANCIS A. LEGASPI Rodriguez, M. C. P., & Legaspi, G. F. A. (2015). Student Encounters with Philippine Embroidery in a Tourism Destination: The Case of Lumban, Laguna. SOCIAL SCIENCE DILIMAN (JANUARY-JUNE 2015), 11(1), 48-84.
2015 VICTORIA H. VILLEGAS-BACAY Villegas, V. H. (December 2015). Looking Beyond the Walls (Case Study for Teaching). WDI Publishing, University of Michigan [Published Case Study for Teaching]
2013 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Alampay, R. (2013). Governance for Local Economic Development and Tourism. Plenary presentation at the National Conference on Tourism Governance. Department of Tourism and the University of the Philippines Asian Institute of Tourism. 25 November 2013. Pasay City, Philippines.
2013 EDIESER DE LA SANTA, PhD Dela Santa, E. (2013). The Politics of Implementing Philippine Tourism Policy: A policy network and advocacy coalitions framework approach. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 18(8), pp. 913-933.
2013 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Shen, I-Li, Huan, TC, Mena, M.M., and Thongma, W. (2013). A Study on Factor Influencing Itinerary Planning of Tourism Administrators, International Journal of Asian Tourism Management, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 64-72.
2013 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Tsai, H.J., Huan, T.C., Mena, M. and Thongma, W. (2013). Creating Loyalty by Activity Involvement Among Festival Goers, International Journal of Agricultural Travel and Tourism, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 191-200
2013 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Chen, Y.H., Huan, T.C., Mena, M. and Thongma, W. (2013). Developing Hakka Eco-Intelligence in Agriculture as a Taiwan Tourist Attraction, International Journal of Agricultural Travel and Tourism, Vol.4 No.2, pp.153-163
2013 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Mena, M. (2013). Domestic Tourism in Asia and the Pacific. In: Domestic Tourism in Asia and the Pacific. Spain: UNWTO. pp. 437-471
2013 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Liang, J.J., Huan, T.C., Thongma, W., and Mena, M. (2013). Promoting Tourist Satisfaction Through Tourist Motivation, Tourism Image and Experiential Value: A Case Study of Penghu Island Taiwan, International Journal of Agricultural Travel and Tourism, Vol.4 No. 2, pp. 120-129.
2012 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Gatchalian, M. C. (2012). Facebook Closed Groups for Academic Communication in Tourism Education: The UP Asian Institute of Tourism, International Journal of Asian Tourism Management (ISSN 19068654) Volume 3 (No. 2), September 2012
2012 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Mena, M. (2012). Grassroots Ecotourism Entrepreneurs in the Philippines. International Journal of Agricultural Travel and Tourism. Vol. 3 (1, April 2012), 100-111.
2012 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Bosangit, C., Dulnuan, J., and Mena, M. (2012). Using travel blogs to examine the post consumption behavior of tourists. Journal of Vacation Marketing. July 2012, 18: 207-219, doi:10.1177/1356766712449367.
2011 RICHARD PHILIP A. GONZALO Gonzalo, R.P.A. (2011). Exploring social enterprises as partners for Ecotourism development in the Philippines. International Journal of Agricultural Travel and Tourism, 2(2), 152-162.
2011 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Mena, M. (2011). Exploring Tourism-Migration-Immigration Relationships: The South Koreans in the Philippines. International Journal of Asian Tourism Management, Vol. 2 (1, April 2011), 95-105.
2010 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Alampay, R. (2010). Sustainability and Equity, Not Just Growth. An Assessment of the 2004-2010 MTPDP for the Tourism Sector. In The Civil Society Assessment of the 2004-2010 Medium Term Philippine Development Plan. Manila: Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO).
2010 EDIESER DE LA SANTA, PhD Santa, E. D. (2010). Tourism policy implementation in the Philippines, 1973-2009. PhD, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2010 MARIA CARMELA IBANEZ Co-author, (2010). Social Studies in Perspective - Principles of Economics (2nd edition) [Textbook]
2010 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Mena, M. (2010). Community-based Cultural Heritage Projects in the Philippines: Evidences of Tourismand Heritage Management Partnerships. In Perspectives in Heritage Tourism. Thailand: SEAMEO-SPAFA.
2009 REIL G. CRUZ, PhD Cruz, R. G. (2009). Principles of Travel and Tourism: Introduction to Tourism Theory. Tourism Research, Philippines.
2008 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Alampay, R. & Rieder, L. (2008). Developing Tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion’s Economic Corridors. Journal of Greater Mekong Subregion Development Studies. 4: 59-76.
2008 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Mena, M. (2008). International Tourism and Developing Economies. In Babu S., S., Mishra, S., & Parida, B.B. (eds.) Tourism Development Revisited: Concepts, Issues and Paradigms. India: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd.
2007 MARIA CRISELDA GATCHALIAN-BADILLA, PhD Gatchalian, M. C. (2007). The Word to the World: An Analysis of the Websites of Five Philippine-based Catholic Communities. Plaridel (UP College of Mass Communication refereed journal), August 2007.
2006 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Hechanova, R., Alampay, R, & Franco, E. (2006). Psychological empowerment and performance among Filipino service workers. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 9, 72–78.
2005 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD "Alampay, R., & Libosada, C. (2005). Developing an Ecotourism Classification Framework for the Philippines. In Alampay, R. (ed.) The Challenge of Sustainable Development for the Philippine Tourism Industry. Manila: Philippine-APEC Study Center Network."
2005 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Alampay, R., ed. (2005). The Challenge of Sustainable Development for the Philippine Tourism Industry. Manila: Philippine-APEC Study Center Network.
2005 EDIESER DL DELA SANTA Dela Santa, E. & Agatep, M.V. (2005). Hotel information technology adoption: The case of the Philippines (2005). ASEAN Journal on Hospitality and Tourism, 4(1).
2005 IVAN ANTHONY S. HENARES, PhD Henares, I. A. S. (2005). Filipino Alcalde-Mayores in the Province of Pampanga. Alaya: The Kapampangan Research Journal.
2005 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Jogaratnam, G., Chon, K., Mena, M. and Yoo, J. (2005). An analysis of hospitality and tourism research: Institutional contributions. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 29 (3), 356-371.
2004 RAMON BENEDICTO A. ALAMPAY, PhD Mena, M., Chon, K., & Alampay, R. (2004). Discovering the potentials of domestic tourism in Southeast Asia from the perspectives of regional demography. Tourism Recreation Research, 29(2).
2004 MIGUELA M. MENA, PhD Yoo, J., McKercher, B. and Mena, M. (2004). A cross-cultural comparison of trip characteristics: International visitors of Hong Kong from Mainland China and USA. Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 16 (1), 63-75.

PHILIPPINE RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY (PRCTH)

YOUTH FOR TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

    Annually, the UPAIT co-hosts the PRCTH held at the last quarter of the year. Also, the UPAITAA organizes the Y4TH International Conference also on the last quarter of the year.

Frequently Asked Questions

Have a question in mind? We listed down some of the Frequently Asked Questions to help and guide you. If you have further questions not covered in this FAQ, please send us an inquiry through daa.ait@up.edu.ph

FAQS

How to apply in the BS Tourism Program? To be eligible in the BS Tourism Program, you need to pass the UP College Admission (UPCA)/UP College Admission Test UPCAT). For students who are planning to shift or transfer to the BS Tourism program, you must have completed 30 units of coursework (if you are from other UPD units or other UP campus) or 33 units of coursework (if you are from other college and university)

The documentary requirements can be found here. For more information and other queries, send an email with your concern to asianinstituteoftourism.upd@up.edu.ph

Are there scholarship offerings for UPAIT students? The graduate program of UPAIT offers the MSTDM scholarship award, with one awardee annually. For other scholarship opportunities for BS Tourism and Graduate Program, visit the UP Diliman Office of Scholarships and Grants Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UPDilimanOSG

The UP AIT Alumni Association also offers an educational assistance in cash to deserving third and fourth year students.

UP AIT offers the Graduate Diploma in Tourism Development and Management (GDip TDM) which leads to the degree of Master of Science in Tourism Development and Management (MSTDM).

The graduate program courses are listed here. You may also view the description of courses here If you would like to know more about the subjects, please send us an e-mail.

All tourism and non-tourism graduates, with at least 1-year work experience and who would like to obtain a diploma and/or an advance degree in the field of tourism management and development may apply.

The list of requirements and downloadable application forms can be found in this page.

Yes, applicants whose work experiences are non-tourism related are welcome to apply. However, all applications will be assessed based on results of entrance examination, interview, academic performance, essay, and recommendations.

At present, UP AIT does not accept shiftees for the Graduate Program. Courses/Subjects taken in other colleges or universities will not be credited for the completion of the GDipTDM and MSTDM.

The entrance exam uses different types of questions that aim to assess your current knowledge, comprehension, logic, and analytical skills. Advanced knowledge of tourism is not required.

The application process is conducted online. Please ensure that you have read and understood the program details before submitting your application here. Once you have completed the application requirements, you can now proceed to submit your application.

For questions or concerns, please contact the Graduate Program office at aitgradprog.upd@up.edu.ph

The UPAIT Graduate Program is intended to meet the professional development needs of graduates to advance their careers in the tourism industry. Thus the UPAIT Graduate Program as much as practicable will offer weekday evenings (5:00 PM onwards) and Saturday classes (scheduled between 8 AM – 7 PM).
All classes are currently conducted remotely (online synchronous and asynchronous sessions). To be updated on the University Academic Policies on remote learning visit the website of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs

Graduate students are advised to take 9 units to get full load credit per semester or an equivalent of 2 – 3 classes per semester depending on the course credit units.

All students enrolled in the Graduate Program of UP AIT need to take a total of 21 units of required and elective Courses, which will allow the completion of a Graduate Diploma. Should the student want to advance to a Master’s Degree, the student needs to take 16 or 19 more units depending on the track they choose; Plan A is a thesis track with 19 units or Plan B, a non-thesis track with 16 units.

Full-time GDipTDM students, taking a normal load, may complete the degree in three semesters (approximately 1.5 years). The time limit for the completion of all diploma requirements shall be no more than two (2) years starting from the student’s first enrollment in the course and shall include all leaves of absence from the program.

If GDipTDM graduates choose to continue to MSTDM, you must complete an additional 19 units (Plan A, thesis track) or 16 units (Plan B, non-thesis track), which may be taken in two semesters and one mid-year term. The time limit for the completion of the Master’s requirements shall be three (3) years, starting from the student’s first enrollment in the course and shall include all leaves of absence from the program.

Yes. There will be time limit of 2 years from enrollment for the GDipTDM, and a time limit of 3 years for MSTDM, maximum years to finish is 5 years.

The cost per unit is Php 2,000 and the estimated cost of tuition fees for full load per semester is around Php 20,000 – 25,000.

Students and prospective applicants are requested to search for available grants or scholarships at the University of the Philippines Office of Scholarships and Student Services.

For list of available scholarships visit the website of the University of the Philippines Office of Student Scholarships.

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