SUSTAINABLE COASTAL TOURISM
IN ASIA - Philippines (SCOTIA) is a technical assistance project
funded by the United States Agency for International Development
and implemented by The Louis Berger Group, Inc. Covering the period
September 2004 to August 2007, SCOTIA works with key partners
and stakeholders through an alliance of conservation advocates
and local and international tourism operators.
SCOTIA's principal objective
is to strengthen the capability of local communities in 6 coastal
areas in the Philippines to manage, in partnership with the private
sector, their marine and coastal ecosystem.