CLARK FREEPORT -The regional director of the Department of TourisminRegion XI, Roberto Alabado III, on Tuesday urged people from Central Luzon to have a taste of Davao’s attractions.
He bared this during a meeting with Pampanga-based reporters who joined the re-launch of Air Asia’s Clark-Davao flight over the week.
Alabado believes that “Davao will be the gateway of Central Luzonresidents to Mindanao” with its unique [tourist] attractions which include some of the symbols of the Philippines – the Philippine Eagle Center, Mount Apo, the Waling Waling, UNESCO heritage site, among others.
“In terms of attraction, ang tinitignan namin dito ay most probably for people from Central Luzon and Northern Luzonto makeDavaoas their gateway. Many would say that this will be the first city that they will step in Mindanao,” Alabado said.
Recently, Alabado added, the DOT Davao Regional Office had launched three key tourism programs – the Visit Davao Fun Salle; Let’s Meet in Davao: MICE Davao Progam; and the 9th Mount Apo Boulder Face Challenge – all aimed to establish Davao as a premier destination.
“We offer attractions from island to highlands. When we say islands, we would have diving, white beachesand world-class resorts. And at the same time when you go to the mountains, we have another vista na naman. Halos isang oras lang, makakapunta doon sa mga mala Tagaytay o Baguio weather,” Alabado said.
“So these are certain attractions that we would like our citizens in Central and Northern Luzon to experience. Pero ang pinaka main attraction namin ngayon is the president because he has been very vocal about it that he wants the people, our Filipino people, to see what he plans to do in his next five years. When he talks about criminality, he wants to showcase the peace and order that he had established here in Davao,” he added.
Alabado furthered that President Duterte, during his stint in Davao, he established the Center 911 and the public safety security command center which can be a model for an interoperability between security forces to provide security for the people.CLARK FREEPORT -The regional director of the Department of TourisminRegion XI, Roberto Alabado III, on Tuesday urged people from Central Luzon to have a taste of Davao’s attractions.
He bared this during a meeting with Pampanga-based reporters who joined the re-launch of Air Asia’s Clark-Davao flight over the week.
Alabado believes that “Davao will be the gateway of Central Luzonresidents to Mindanao” with its unique [tourist] attractions which include some of the symbols of the Philippines – the Philippine Eagle Center, Mount Apo, the Waling Waling, UNESCO heritage site, among others.
“In terms of attraction, ang tinitignan namin dito ay most probably for people from Central Luzon and Northern Luzonto makeDavaoas their gateway. Many would say that this will be the first city that they will step in Mindanao,” Alabado said.
Recently, Alabado added, the DOT Davao Regional Office had launched three key tourism programs – the Visit Davao Fun Salle; Let’s Meet in Davao: MICE Davao Progam; and the 9th Mount Apo Boulder Face Challenge – all aimed to establish Davao as a premier destination.
“We offer attractions from island to highlands. When we say islands, we would have diving, white beachesand world-class resorts. And at the same time when you go to the mountains, we have another vista na naman. Halos isang oras lang, makakapunta doon sa mga mala Tagaytay o Baguio weather,” Alabado said.
“So these are certain attractions that we would like our citizens in Central and Northern Luzon to experience. Pero ang pinaka main attraction namin ngayon is the president because he has been very vocal about it that he wants the people, our Filipino people, to see what he plans to do in his next five years. When he talks about criminality, he wants to showcase the peace and order that he had established here in Davao,” he added.
Alabado furthered that President Duterte, during his stint in Davao, he established the Center 911 and the public safety security command center which can be a model for an interoperability between security forces to provide security for the people.