Bohol holds series of consultations for Tourism Summit in June 2011

A series of consultations are currently being held in Bohol in preparation for a Tourism Summit in June this year.

Recently, Boholanos launched the tourism summit at the Bohol Tropics Resort  which highlighted the orientation on Republic Act 9593, known as the National Tourism Act of 2009, by Governor Edgar Chatto who authored it during his incumbency as representative of the province’s First Congressional District

Bohol Governor Chatto said that the summit aims to standardize tourism sites and services in Bohol in order to elevate these toward global standards. 

Gov. Chatto explained that the summit also intends to make LGU stakeholders aware of their tourism development options, since the provincial government holds that development in tourism does not only mean the development of sites and attractions but also the provision of support services to established neighboring clusters.

Among the presentations scheduled during the summit proper are the results of the inventory of the province’s tourism and tourism-related resources and facilities and the Tourist Satisfaction Survey conducted by the Holy Name University Research Center, as commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur (GIZ), which brings together the DED (German Development Service), GTZ (German Technical Cooperation), and Inwent-Capacity Building International of the German Federal Government

The summit proper will also come-up with priority interventions, classification of municipal tourism sites or attractions for development and to identify existing policies and laws and those that need to be crafted to address pressing needs of the industry.

The tourism summit will feature speakers from the Department of Tourism, Tourism Without Boundaries, PTC Chair Nunag, the provincial government and the newly established GIZ.

Bohol, an island province in the Visayas, has aggressively pushed for eco-cultural tourism as an engine for economic development. The province has successfully elevated its economic standing among the country’s provinces from among the poorest to among the most promising.

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President approves creation of Valencia Economic Zone in Negros

Valencia in Negros Oriental can now attract more investments in agriculture, aquaculture, communications, and even tourism from local and foreign investors after it was proclaimed an Agro-industrial Economic Zone by President Benigno Aquino Jr. on April 26, 2011.

This was confirmed by Lilia de Lima, director general of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), in a letter to Valencia Mayor Rodolfo Gonzales dated May 4, 2011.

De Lima assured Gonzales of PEZA’s full support and assistance in the operation of the Valencia Special Economic Zone that has an area of 43,252 square meters.

Pursuant to Republic act No. 7916 as amended by Republic Act No. 8748, the Ecozone shall be developed and operated as a decentralized, self-reliant and self sustaining industrial, commercial/trading, agro-industrial, tourist/recreational, banking financial and investment center to create employment opportunities in and around the Ecozone and attract sustainable foreign investments.

Already, Valencia Hydraulic System Technologies, Inc., a Norwegian owned company that fabricates hydraulic pumps, is operating within the economic zone.

The local government of Valencia which hosts the geothermal facility of Energy Development Corporation took the initiative of establishing its industrial park in a bid to generate more livelihood and work opportunities for local folks.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the designation of a parcel of land in Barangay Palinpinon in Valencia, Negros Oriental as an Agro-Industrial Economic Zone will bring about more economic development not only in Valencia but also in Negros Oriental.

PEZA, an attached agency of DTI, promotes the establishments of economic zones in the Philippines for foreign investment. A PEZA declared economic zone will ensure investors of world-standard facilities and support services.

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