DOT unveils Top 15 LGUs to receive P180M funds for ‘Tourism Champions Challenge’

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Fifteen local government units are set to receive a combined amount of P180 million from the Department of Tourism as part of its flagship program, the Tourism Champions Challenge

Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco delivers speech at the League of Municipalities of the Philippines General Assembly at The Manila Hotel on Feb. 22, 2023.MANILA, Philippines — .

Through this challenge, 1,400 member-mayors of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines and more than 100 city mayors were invited to propose tourism projects that would “spur economic development across the country’s regions.” The proposals are also expected to be in line with the current administration’s seven-point tourism agenda.“The National Tourism Development Plan 2023 to 2028 approved by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

Frasco earlier announced these winners will be ranked according to their relevance and potential contribution to the country’s tourism industry, with the first LGU getting P20 million worth of tourism projects; the second, third, fourth and fifth LGUs will receive P15 million, P10 million, P8 million and P7 million, respectively for a total of P180 million.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last year expressed optimism that the tourism industry can become one of the country’s major economic pillars after the COVID-19 pandemic. An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government on Saturday gave a stern warning to incumbent officials...

 

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