This April 15, 2024 photo shows President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivering a speech during the Tourism Champions Challenge awarding ceremony.MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday announced that fifteen local government units are set to receive a combined amount of P255 million as part of the Department of Tourism’s flagship program, the Tourism Champions Challenge .
More than 1,000 member-mayors of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines and over 100 city mayors were invited to propose tourism projects for the economic development across regions as part of the challenge. “It is also heartwarming to note that these are not mere proposals anymore, but they are existing projects of proven value and that have already shown unqualified success. This is the way tourism should be developed in our view, like economic growth, not relying on trickle-down, but built from the ground up,” he added.
Meanwhile, Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco considers the culmination of the TCC “a pivotal moment towards the journey of tourism transformation.” “The rigorous selection process, upheld by standards of integrity and impartiality involves multiple stages of evaluation, from capacity building, through the expert advice of our panel from across the cross-section of the tourism industry, to proposal assessment,” Frasco said.
3rd place: Bolinao, Pangasinan’s Legacy of the Sea Project: A Silaki Island Community Based Tourism Project 4th place: Victorias City, Negros Occidental’s Gawahon, A Birder's Paradise. Haven for Sustainable and Inclusive Eco-Tourism Situated at Davao City’s Ramon Magsaysay Park will rise a cultural peace hub for the Indigenous and Bangsa Communities. The project will establish a centralized cultural center and sustainable communities dedicated to showcasing economic opportunities for the arts and products of the city’s 11 ethnolinguistic tribes.
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