The value of ancestral houses in Davao City

Abstract

This study aims to present the value of ancestral houses in Davao City in terms of ancestral house as an attraction, government support in terms of promotion, ancestral houses to be included in the itineraries, catching tourist’s attention, improving the tourism sector, the problems encountered, best tactics to handle the problem and government assistance in terms of the perspective of the heritage tourism experts and tourism academes in order to determine the common answers and come up with a reliable results. Based on the General Thematic Analysis, result shows that each ancestral house has a significant reason why it was built. The reason behind each houses are from its architectural design, the lineage of the family who lives there before, historic events in the house are some of the common factors for the viability of an ancestral house to be an attraction and in order to utilize it as a tourist spot, it must be preserved and the dilapidated parts of the historical houses must be restored. Government and other preservation sectors has this program that helps the owners in preserving and restoring their house. One problem occur and that is some owners of ancestral house didn’t coordinate because they are afraid they might lose their full authority for their ancestral house that is why there are still some ancestral houses that are just left and neglected by their owners. The researchers conclude it needs more attention for the government and other tourism sectors to give importance in terms of promotion, lack of funds and loosing of rights in order to the heritage tourism of Davao will upsurge. Keywords: Value, ancestral house, Davao City