City gears up for Kadayawan

AFTER the staging of Araw ng Dabaw and Alveo Ironman 70.3 in March, the city government of Davao is now gearing up for the Kadayawan Festival which will take place barely four months from now.

Davao City Information Office Jefry Tupas, in an interview with Sun. Star Davao yesterday, said the direction of the city government right now is to ensure the success of the Kadayawan Festival.

"The direction is to make sure that the Kadayawan will be conducted successfully, because recently atong mga activities

have drawn attention to Davao City worldwide," she said.

Tupas said Araw ng Dabaw has been successful and it was immediately followed by Ironman, which gathered international attention.

"The [Ironman event] is very successful, we cannot deny that and we also want for Kadayawan to be the same," he said.

Tupas said that they are already planning the main activities for the festival that will draw more tourist for the city.

He said the Ironman event gave the city opportunity to plan more and to think of better things to do.

Last year, the Davao City Tourism and Operations Office (CTOO) recorded a total of 185,660 tourist arrivals, based on hotel occupancy, during the Kadayawan Festival. KVC