Study of the Republic of the Philippines
Study of the Republic of the Philippines
The islands of the Republic of the Philippines have many natural resources that could aid in making this new Disney Park which include timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, and copper. With its abundance of forests, over 46% of the Philippines are woodlands; there will be more than enough wood to build rides and/or buildings. The Philippines also have many ways of getting electricity to power the Park. For example, it has hydropower, fossil fuels, and various other ways. Also, some of the Philippines major industries are electronic and electrical products so there should be no problem getting electricity anywhere in the Park.
There are many different forms of transportation available to people on these islands. Out of the 199,950 kilometers of highway, 39,590 kilometers are paved, 3,219 kilometers of waterways, 76 airports with paved runways, and many ports and harbors. In total, there are 459 merchant marine ships, which can carry just about anything from cargo, livestock, passengers, and vehicles. There are also 212 total airports with unpaved runways so that when more tourists come, the airplanes can land there as well as at the airports with paved runways.
The people who will be working on building this new Disney Park will be quite educated. By 1988 the literacy rate was 88% nation wide. 56% of the people nation wide are enrolled in high school and enrollment in institutions of higher learning exceeded 1.6 million in the late 1980’s and is increasing. Filipinos consider education to be its primary path towards a better society and economic mobility and are using the United States as a model for its educational system. Language should not be a problem since on of the two officials languages of the Philippines is English. Also, the life expectancy rate is about 67.8 years with a birth rate of 27.37 births per 1,000 people and a population growth rate of 2.03%. The labor force is approximately 48.1 million, 5.8% of which are construction workers. There is a 10% unemployment rate that the government would like to decrease, and the construction of this park would help give many people jobs, which would help this country’s economy.
The Philippines consists of over 7,000 islands, which cover a total land area of 298,170 kilometers, which is slightly larger than Arizona. Terrain is mostly mountains with coastal lowlands below....