The tourism heritage law will soon be enacted to preserve natural destinations

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

The DOT or the Department of Tourism at present is batting for a tourism heritage law in order to defend and preserve islands and other natural destinations like Boracay Island.

 
This expanded as more business owners in Boracay have come ahead to sustain as the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) planned a state of calamity declaration, which will allow the national government to take possession of the management of the island for six months, permitting it to push through with its rehabilitation. (See, “DILG: Place Boracay under state of calamity in the BusinessMirror,” February 22, 2018.)

 
The local government of Malay on Tuesday will be having a meeting with Boracay landowners along with the stakeholders to discuss “pressing environmental issues and concerns besetting the island and its entire tourism industry.”

 
In a letter to the stakeholders of the island, a copy of which was acquired by the BusinessMirror, Mayor Ciceron Cawaling explained by saying that the local government will also “be presenting the proposed six-month action plan in response to the call of President Duterte, which needs your utmost attention and cooperation.”

 
The meeting will be arranged at Eco-Village in Barangay Yapak, ahead of the March 2 Senate hearing on the island to talk about the local government units implementation of environmental laws.

 
To quote, Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon T. Teo, “If enacted and implemented, a tourism heritage law will be more effective in ensuring the preservation and protection not only of Boracay Island and its seawaters but all of the country’s natural tourist destinations.”

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