Importance Of Tourism In The Philippines

The part of the world where the Philippines lies was one of the most volatile and dangerous in the world. That being said, it also had some of the most profitable trade routes, richest resources and was a vital part of the world to have a stronghold. By following through with the annexation of the Philippines, the Americans were able to gain a stronghold on the other side of the world, enrich themselves by gaining access to the valuable resources that were so plentiful and to take the time to help spread freedom and democracy. William McKinley clearly believed and stated that “ we could not turn them over to France and Germany – our commercial rivals in the Orient – that would be bad business and discreditable.”

1899 marked the year when America set its sites from the Spanish to the First Philippine Republic plunging American into yet another war ending with the temporary annexation of the Philippine Islands spreading American imperialism to the Far East. Within one year of winning their independence from

10, 1898), Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.” Cuba also became an United States protectorate. The treaty ended up causing a heated debate in the U.S. However, there were Philippine insurgents who fought the Spanish rule in the war who quickly turned against the new residents. Almost 10 times more American lives were lost subduing the insurgents than in beating the Spanish. “Nevertheless, President McKinley's expansionist policies were supported by the American public, who seemed more than willing to accept the blessings and curses of their new expanding empire.”

“We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort." 1899, from his book, The Strenuous Life. On December 10,1899 in the treaty of paris the US buys the Philippines for $20 million. Then on July 4th of 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt declares victory in the Philippines. The United States should have annexed the Philippines because the U.S. educated, civilized the Filipinos, the Philippine land brought recourses and economic gain, and the U.S. led the Philippines to a self-government.

In 1898 the United States defeated Spain, and the Philippine Islands were suddenly free of Spain’s tyranny. The Filipinos had been fighting for their freedom from Spain for several years. When the United States arrived to conquer Spain they landed in the Philippines, and the Filipinos thinking that the United States was there to set them free, sided with them. But instead of the independence the wanted, the Filipino people found themselves in the position of exchanging one colonial power for another. The United States gained a foothold in the Pacific, and “The United States had suddenly become a major world power” (Background Essay).

The Filipino people had helped the US fight the Spanish-American War in hope to gain independence in return. However, instead of gaining independence the Philippines was annexed to the United States on December 10, 1898. When the Filipino’s had found they were going to be ruled over once again they were very unhappy, after all they had helped the US. When Aguinaldo had found out that the Philippines were going to be controlled by the US, he had declared war on the United States.

The acquisition of Philippines by the United States is the topic that is going to be focused upon throughout this paper. The historical context of this topic deserves to analyzed with reference to both the primary and secondary readings assigned. The highlighted issue takes place after the treaty of Paris was signed between the United States and Spain which liberated Spain’s remaining colonies. Towards the end of the 19th century, Americans were influenced by the ideology of imperialism. They believed that advanced industrialized nations like the United States, Great Britain and France needed to acquire colonies in order to provide raw materials to feed their industrial economies. Extensive markets were wanted in order to sell finished products to those colonial masses.

Beveridge indicated that no land in America could surpass the fertile areas in the Philippines where the temperate and tropical climate produced products such as rice, coffee, sugar coconuts and tobacco. His statement, “The mineral wealth of this empire of the ocean will one day surprise the world”, truly indicates his main idea, that the Philippines would help the United States financially and increase its status in the world (Beveridge).

The Philippines were fighting Spain for several years before America joined the war. The war took place in Cuba and on the waters of the Philippines in 1898 when the Americans joined the war. It ended with a victory for the Philippines and the Americans causing the Filipinos to receive their independence. Due to their victorious win the United States gained all of Spain’s territories. The U.S had to decide whether to give the islands back to Spain, give the Filipino their independents, or to annex the Philippines. The United States finally decided to annex the Philippines but they had to hold a treaty that needed to be signed by the U.S Sensates. A two-thirds majority vote was required for the treaty to be place and it passed by one vote. After the war ended there was a controversy if the U.S should or

The Spanish-American War signified a turning point in American history. For the first time, the United States, which had once broken free from its colonial oppressor, became an imperialist power. The Treaty of Paris of 1898 allowed the United States to acquire Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines from Spain, extending its landholdings into the Far East. Moreover, Americans questioned whether it was in the United States’ best interests to become an empire rivaling Great Britain. While some felt that the United States was morally obligated to intervene in foreign affairs, others believed it would bring about a sense of nationalism. However, another group of Americans claimed that imperialism violated the founding principles of the United States.

The United States before the war was searching for new areas of trade internationally. Other European countries had already started in international trade relations. The United States needed to gain more land if they wanted to keep up with the powerful European powers. After the war, the United States received Guam and Puerto Rico as new territories (Consequences). The United States also annexed Hawaii from Queen Liliuokalani, and then bought the Philippines for twenty million dollars (1898). Another way the United States gained land was through the Treaty of Paris. “Treaty of Paris, on December 10, 1898, which ended the war against Spain, the United States opted to give Cuba its independence but keep the Philippines, to the dismay of the Philippine nationalists.” (Philippine-American). When the United States kept the Philippines after the war, the Philippines were upset. This caused future skirmishes between the two countries.These new lands in the Pacific Ocean helped the United States gain access to Asian markets such as China. This helped the United States gain their much needed access to foreign markets. With the help of these new markets, the United States was able to grow

In 1904 at the St. Louis World’s Fair there was an exhibit funded by the US Government to show Americans what life was like in the Philippine colonies. Unfortunate this exhibition was not accurate representation of people’s lives in the Philippines. They were portrayed as being uncivilized and practitioners of non-God fearing religions, even though many Philippine people converted Roman Catholicism under Spanish rule. The Government conveyed a distorted representation of the Philippines to convince Americans that the colonization of the Philippines was not just for the United States benefit but for the improvement and civilization of the population of the Philippines.

Tourism has greatly increased over the years and has brought people of different cultures closer. There are many places to go explore and learn about how other live in different countries. Tourism has allowed travelers to the world around them, however the impacts from tourism on the host country are not known by many of the travelers. Some of these impacts from tourism can be negatively affecting the host country and those travelers who do not educate themselves on where they are going are most likely contributing to the negative impact. The Kayan people are one of the societies that are greatly affected by the tourism that comes to their village. The women are the main attraction of the village due to the rings that they wear around

This thus shows the violence of the Colonial masters while the colonized nation was fighting for independence. Moreover, the colonial master’s use of force to control and exert power further adds to the violence in the struggle for independence during the process of decolonization. Finally, during the Spanish-American war of 1898, the US obtained Aguinaldo’s cooperation in the battle again the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay in return for Philippines’ independence. However, one the conflict ended and Spain was defeated, the US annexed Philippines in the Treaty of Paris and this was met with much unhappiness in the Philippines as the Philippines did not want to be colonized yet again and wanted independence. As such, a war between the revolutionaries and the Americans ensued, with the revolutionaries crushed by the US forces and Aguinaldo arrested, asserting American authority and power over the Philippines. As such, it may be seen that the colonial powers used violence to assert and reinforce their power, thus making the entire process of decolonization extremely violent due to the colonialists’ unwillingness to pull out of their colonies.

The Philippines, is a group of islands in Southeast Asia, sitting in the western Pacific Ocean. It is known as the Republic of the Philippines, and consists of seven thousand, one hundred, and seven islands, that are geographically split into three main divisions, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital is Manila, referred to as the Paris of Asia, and the most populated is Quezon City, which are both part of Metro Manila. The Philippines has a population of close to one hundred,