Robert Charles Capistrano

Refereed Journal Articles

Huang, T., Hu, C., Xia, M., Liu, Z., Zhou, W., & Capistrano, R.C.G. An Exploratory Study on University Students’ Perceptions of Flagship Species: Implications for Sustainable Tourism. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review (accepted February 2025).

Malabi, J.J., Chavez, C.J.H., Capistrano, R.C.G., & Manala-O, S.D. (2024). Exploring inclusivity in travel and leisure: Insights from Filipino Muslim families. Journal of Leisure Research, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2024.2424208

Perez, M.E., Maniego, K.Y., Capistrano, R.C., & Delayco, M.L. Understanding the Drive Experience of Motor Vehicle Club Members in the Philippines. Journal of Vacation Marketing. https://doi.org/10.1177/13567667221129882

Capistrano, R.C., & Muñoz, K.E. (2022). Tourism mobilities in the Philippines: a historiographical analysis of travel and tourism activities from pre-1950s. Journal of Tourism History, 14(1), 28-46. doi:10.1080/1755182X.2022.2085817

Cuevas, S.V., Franco, C.A., Capistrano, R.C., & Guia, J. (2022). Exploring the potential of halal tourism through institutional analysis of halal certifiers in the Philippines. International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 10(2), 60-77. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21427/73k7-4855 

King, S., Capistrano, R.C., & Lopez, E (2021). Tourists really do behave responsibly toward the environment in Camiguin Province, Philippines. Tourism Geographies, 23(1), 573-598. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2020.1833970

Capistrano, R.C. & Notorio, P. (2021). A content analysis of the future of tourism through the presidential state of the nation address in the Philippines (1987-2019). Journal of Tourism Futures, 7(1), 131-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-05-2020-0075

Capistrano, R.C.G., & Weaver, A. (2018). That's what friends are for: Emotional solidarity, friendship and social interactions between first-generation immigrants and their visiting friends. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 36, 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2018.07.003  

Capistrano, R.C., & Bernardo, M. A. C. (2018). Mother knows best: exploring the matrilineal influence in family tourism among Filipinos living in New Zealand. Young Consumers, 19(2), 218-236. doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/YC-08-2017-0072

Capistrano, R.C.G. & Weaver, A. (2017). Host-guest interactions between first-generation immigrants and their visiting relatives: social exchange, relations of care and travel. International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality, 11(3), 406-420.

Capistrano, R.C.G. (2013). Visiting Friends and Relatives Travel, Host-Guest Interactions and Qualitative Research: Methodological and Ethical Implications. Asia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism, 2(1), 87-100.

Capistrano, R.C.G. & Charles, A. T. (2012). Indigenous rights and coastal fisheries: A framework of livelihoods, rights and equity. Ocean & Coastal Management, 69: 200-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.08.011

Capistrano, R.C.G. (2010). Reclaiming the Ancestral Waters of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines: The Tagbanua Experience with Fishing Rights and Indigenous Rights. Marine Policy, 34: 453-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2009.09.012

Book Chapter

Bagadion, A.M.F., & Capistrano, R.C.G. (2022). Exploring Residents’ Perceptions of Tourism in a Pilgrimage Destination: The Case of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City, Philippines. In R.S. Aquino & B.A. Porter (Eds.), Tourism in the Philippines: Communities, Hosts and Guests (pp. 17-33). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

Delas Alas, P.A.E., Pagador, A. M. M., & Capistrano, R.C.G. (2022). Community-Based Tourism: An Analysis of Ugong Rock Adventures Stakeholders’ Social Capital in Facilitating Community Participation. In R.S. Aquino & B.A. Porter (Eds.), Tourism in the Philippines: Communities, Hosts and Guests (pp. 35-55). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

Capistrano, R.C. (2006). Lessons Learned in Community-based Coastal Resource Management in Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines. In Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Experiences in Strengthening Rural Poor Organizations in Asia. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC), and Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP). p. 107–112.

Muñoz, J.C. & Capistrano, R.C.G. (2003). The Broad-based Coastal Management Training Program: Capacity Building towards a Responsive Coastal Resources Management. In Building on Lessons from the Field: Protected Area Management Experiences in Southeast Asia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Birdlife International, Conservation International-Philippines, Foundation for the Philippine Environment, and Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources. p. 246-249.

Dissertation and Thesis

Capistrano, R.C.G. (2014). Host-guest interactions: First-generation Filipino immigrants in New Zealand and their visiting friends and relatives (VFR) from the Philippines. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Capistrano, R.C.G. (2010). Indigenous peoples, their livelihoods and fishery rights in Canada and the Philippines: Paradoxes, perspectives and lessons learned. Thesis dissertation, United Nations - The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship. 107 pp.

Capistrano, R.C.G. (2007).An institutional analysis of community participation on MPAs within tourism sites in the Philippines. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Capistrano, R.C.G. (2006). The role of women as maninilay (Fisherfolk) in community-based coastal resource management in Bolinao, Pangasinan. St. Scholastica's College, Manila, Philippines.