Currently, Philippine tourism is going through a paradigm shift in regards to sustainability

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Philippine tourism is currently going through a paradigm shift in regards to sustainability on an extraordinary scale, starting right with Boracay and extending to destinations like Luzon and Mindanao.

Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary, Mr. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat highlighted that their willpower to set the carrying capacity for all destinations and fund their rehabilitation at the same time.

The Secretary highlighted the fact that “what we leave for the next generation… (that) speaks about our responsibility to protect the environment and our irreplaceable natural heritage” was even more essential than growing tourism arrivals and receipts.

The project’s funding will come through the DoT’s infrastructure arm, the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA). Above all, it will also get funding from international funding agencies, including the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, which approached them for funding assistance, Puyat said.

She also added that the overdeveloped Baguio and its adjacent BLIST municipalities in Benguet – La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tubalay – are the recently earmarked destinations for rehabilitation, besides various stages of rehabilitation that Boracay, Bohol, as well as El Nido and Coron in Palawan, are going through.

To redevelop Baguio’s Burnham Park, TIEZA will provide the funds even as request for funding the construction of the sewerage system and the rehabilitation of Mines View Park are still under investigation.

In Manila, its premier historical site, the Walled City of Intramuros, is going through a complete revamping as clean-up operations for Manila Bay and Pasig River carries on.

Also, a ferry service has been introduced to attract passengers from Pasig River to various points of old Manila, escaping road traffic congestion.

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