– The Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry noted the economic recovery of the city as the business community here gets back on its feet with the strong industrial base that helped overcome the economic challenges of the coronavirus disease pandemic that hurt the tourism industry, and retail businesses.
“The city is the industrial hub of Cebu province, and the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly slowed down economic activities in the city during the April to May period. Recovery is in progress now but much still needs to be done to return to pre-COVID levels,” Yu said. While Mandaue is home to several processed food manufacturers and exporters, Yu added, that “although we have tourism and retail shops that were affected, at least, these was balanced out with our industrial businesses and business process outsourcing firms .