Monday, August 3, 2009

Dinner meeting with DOT

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Travel and tours in Capiz is being strengthened by the local organization with the support of department of Tourism Capiz. Capiz Visitors Convention Bureau (CVCB) and Association of Resorts, Restaurants and hotels of Capiz were being formed to support the rapid increase of tourist in Capiz.
The Capiz Visitors of Convention Bureau (CVCB) and the Association of Resorts, Restaurants and Hotels of Capiz (ARRHC) in cooperation with the Department of Tourism Capiz headed by Alphonsus D. Tesoro had a dinner meeting with the regional director of the department of tourism region VI in the person of Edwin G. Trompeta last July 16, 2009. The meeting was being set in time of the celebration of the “dewal” festival. It is a celebration of a good harvest of “dewal” it’s a kind of shell that grows abundantly in Capiz for Capiz is known to be the sea food Capital of the Philippines.
The significance of tourism in development is being discus by the good director as the development of travel and tours in the Philippines. As he said that, if we treat tourism as a 3rd rate industry we will still be 3rd world country, forecasting 1.5 billion tourists visiting in the countries all over the world. So if the Philippines could share the market of tourism in the world, it will boost the tourism industry in the Philippines.
Further more, he also discussed some new trends of travel and tours in the world like, gay travels, the seniors travel and tours, extreme travel and even space travel is in the market now. Strategies on attracting tourist in the Philippines were added in the discussions, and the most important is that he announces the additional financial assistance to the tourism industry in Capiz.Travel and tours
Eco-tourism was given emphasis to the discussions, where, Philippines are more related because of our natural ambiance of nature. The Philippines tourism growth is about 8-10% over five years as the good director reveal. The projected arrival of tourist in 2010 will rise to 15.6% as being forecast by the DOT. The good director proudly present the numerology of the tourism industry in the Philippines, where, as of 2008 tourist receipt, we have US$4.885 billion, 100billion pesos tourism investment, 3.770 million pesos job generated, and its job well done by the Department of Tourism of the Philippines.
As the tourism industry in the Philippines grows, the greater economic impact to the country, where all sectors of the business industry is being affected positively, from transport industry to the farming industry, and the effect is more jobs in the Philippines.

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