Marisa Eslao-Pamo
Assistant Professor
Researcher/Academic: Marisa Eslao-Pamo is an early-career Assistant Professor and researcher at the University of the Philippines–Asian Institute of Tourism (UP AIT). Her work centers on tourism planning, marketing, gender, and sustainable development, with a strong focus on advancing agritourism in the Philippines. She helped develop the agritourism component of Quezon Province’s Tourism Development Plan and collaborates with local governments, farms, and academic institutions. She designed and teaches UP AIT’s first agritourism elective, mentoring future tourism professionals. Raised in a rural community, she advocates agritourism as a pathway to rural development, food security, cultural preservation, and inclusive local economic growth nationwide.