CITY STILL NEEDS MORE HOTELS - CTOO

Despite the recent entry of some hotels in the city, there is still a need for more hotel brands to come in

Davao City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) head Generose Tecson said that there is a need for more hotels in the city to accommodate foreign guests and even future investors.

“We hope that there would be more entries also of big hotels, especially, big namebrand hotels. Kulang pa rin kahit marami na ring mga malalaking pangalan na ang nagbukas dito sa city (It is still lacking even if we have a lot of big brands here),” Tecson said in an interview.

Tecson added hotels are not the only thing the city needs with the influx of foreign tourists especially with the recent flights launched in the city.

“Syempre dahil sa mga bagong flights natin like Hongkong and Jinjiang, hindi rin lang mga tourists yan eh, definitely may mga foreign business delegates yan, so kailangan rin ng city ang mga convention facilities (Because of the new flights we have like in Hongkong and Jinjiang, we know that not only tourists are coming but definitely foreign business delegates as well, so the city needs convention facilities too),” Tecson said.

Last October 31, flights between Davao and Hongkong by Cathay Pacific were launched, while Davao and Jinjiang direct flights by Xiamen Air will launch by December this year.

“Dapat may sapat na number of hotels rin especially that we’re also preparing for Ironman Davao next year in March, may DAVRAA (Davao Region Athletic Association) rin at Palarong Pambansa (We need more hotels especially that we’re also preparing for Ironman Davao next year in March.

We also have DAVRAA and Palarong Pambansa),” Tecson said.

Meanwhile, the city tourism officer plans establishing more incentives for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (Mice) in the city.

“To also entice more engagements in the city,” Tecson added.

Syempre dahil sa mga bagong flights natin like Hongkong and Jinjiang, hindi rin lang mga tourists yan eh, definitely may mga foreign business delegates yan, so kailangan rin ng city ang mga convention facilities

GENEROSE TECSON CTOO head