BY: JOSEPH JOHN J. PEREZ
LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 30 (PIA) -- Home of the world's perfect coned Mayon Volcano in Albay, world's largest fish Butanding in Sorsogon, one of the country's popular devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Camarines Sur, with kilometric stretch of paradise-like beaches all over the region, sumptuous feasts of its native dishes and colorful festivals, the Department of Tourism (DOT) gears up for the regional tourism summit here on the last week of September this year.
"The Regional Tourism Summit 2013 intends to provide a venue for travel and tourism practitioners as partners to have a clear understanding of the Republic Act 9593 or the National Tourism Act 2009 and the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) commitments of President Benigno Aquino III,” DOT Bicol Regional Director Maria Ravanilla told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).
In a project brief sent to PIA, DOT Bicol expects the summit help enhance the level of understanding and ability of local chief executives, legislative members, planning officers, tourism officers, committee on tourism, environment officers, permits and licensing officers and tourism officers and cultural workers and practitioners of the local government units throughout the region in formulating their own local tourism development plans that could affect sustainable tourism development.
"Further, appropriate measures and actions that will facilitate the success of MDG by the year 2015 are expected to be prioritized by provincial stakeholders as a result of the regional summit," Ravanilla said.
Topics lined up for discussion in the summit include Tourism Act of 2009, National Tourism Development Plan focusing on tourism promotional services for international and domestic tourists, tourism development planning services, standards for tourism facilities and services, national tourism situationer, global trends in travel and tourism industry focusing on agri-tourism, sports adventure, food tourism, community-based tourism, Bicol tourism landscape, integrating national tourism development planning and decision making in the local level..
According to Ravanilla, Secretary Ramon Jimenez will be the summit’s keynote speaker together with other plenary speakers composed of Undersecretary for Tourism Services and Regional Operations Maria Victoria Jasmin, Assistant Secretary for Tourism Planning and Promotions Domingo Ramon Enerio III, Assistant Secretary Rolando Canizal, and Acting Undersecretary Daniel Corpuz.
Ravanilla said the summit will be a very good venue for planning and strategizing tourism development goals in the regional level. “It is composed of activities geared towards its vital purpose and strict adherence to our regional branding, cooperation and commitment as one region, one tourism destination experience,” Ravanilla said.
"There is a growing interest in sustainable tourism development among provinces, commercial operators, aid organizations and conservationists," she said.
Ravanilla said that the Regional Tourism Summit 2013 will bring together the country’s most respected minds in travel and tourism industry to discuss global travel trends.
“We expect 500 to 800 delegates from six provinces to come to Albay, attend in six plenary presentations from the country’s premier tourism experts and practitioners and to participate in forums and workshops on practical issues related to improving our tourism destination management,” Ravanilla said.
The activity is supported by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Civil Service Commission, National Economic and Development Authority, Department of Public Works and Highways, Commission on Higher Education, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Trade and Industry, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Department of Science and Technology and the PIA. (JJJP-PIA5/Albay)
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LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 30 (PIA) -- Home of the world's perfect coned Mayon Volcano in Albay, world's largest fish Butanding in Sorsogon, one of the country's popular devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Camarines Sur, with kilometric stretch of paradise-like beaches all over the region, sumptuous feasts of its native dishes and colorful festivals, the Department of Tourism (DOT) gears up for the regional tourism summit here on the last week of September this year.
"The Regional Tourism Summit 2013 intends to provide a venue for travel and tourism practitioners as partners to have a clear understanding of the Republic Act 9593 or the National Tourism Act 2009 and the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) commitments of President Benigno Aquino III,” DOT Bicol Regional Director Maria Ravanilla told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).
In a project brief sent to PIA, DOT Bicol expects the summit help enhance the level of understanding and ability of local chief executives, legislative members, planning officers, tourism officers, committee on tourism, environment officers, permits and licensing officers and tourism officers and cultural workers and practitioners of the local government units throughout the region in formulating their own local tourism development plans that could affect sustainable tourism development.
"Further, appropriate measures and actions that will facilitate the success of MDG by the year 2015 are expected to be prioritized by provincial stakeholders as a result of the regional summit," Ravanilla said.
Topics lined up for discussion in the summit include Tourism Act of 2009, National Tourism Development Plan focusing on tourism promotional services for international and domestic tourists, tourism development planning services, standards for tourism facilities and services, national tourism situationer, global trends in travel and tourism industry focusing on agri-tourism, sports adventure, food tourism, community-based tourism, Bicol tourism landscape, integrating national tourism development planning and decision making in the local level..
According to Ravanilla, Secretary Ramon Jimenez will be the summit’s keynote speaker together with other plenary speakers composed of Undersecretary for Tourism Services and Regional Operations Maria Victoria Jasmin, Assistant Secretary for Tourism Planning and Promotions Domingo Ramon Enerio III, Assistant Secretary Rolando Canizal, and Acting Undersecretary Daniel Corpuz.
Ravanilla said the summit will be a very good venue for planning and strategizing tourism development goals in the regional level. “It is composed of activities geared towards its vital purpose and strict adherence to our regional branding, cooperation and commitment as one region, one tourism destination experience,” Ravanilla said.
"There is a growing interest in sustainable tourism development among provinces, commercial operators, aid organizations and conservationists," she said.
Ravanilla said that the Regional Tourism Summit 2013 will bring together the country’s most respected minds in travel and tourism industry to discuss global travel trends.
“We expect 500 to 800 delegates from six provinces to come to Albay, attend in six plenary presentations from the country’s premier tourism experts and practitioners and to participate in forums and workshops on practical issues related to improving our tourism destination management,” Ravanilla said.
The activity is supported by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Civil Service Commission, National Economic and Development Authority, Department of Public Works and Highways, Commission on Higher Education, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Trade and Industry, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Department of Science and Technology and the PIA. (JJJP-PIA5/Albay)
- See more at: http://r05.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=2591377764872#sthash.KxGfvQmZ.dpuf
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