Tourism chief to meet of¿cials, stakeholders

CEBU - Tourism Secretary Christina

Frasco said they will conduct “listening

tours” across the country starting as part of their strategy to better connect and full to and the in the with hear

Department visit and recently. executive stakeholders of Tourism to see the and Mindanao.” rehabilitation and of

Tourism sacrifice of our branch of local government and challenges recovery the tourism industry,” Frasco said. for organizational to employ a shared tourism governance approach towards industry recovery.

“I will be starting my listening tour as the Secretary of the Department for myself faced by our regional offices and tourism stakeholders across Luzon, Visayas,

“The objective being to be at the front and center of the prevailing issues that need to be addressed and to craft solutions that will ensure the of

Frasco expressed her gratitude to the officials and employees of the their hard work and unceasing dedication during the pandemic and for giving her a warm welcome during her initial meetings

“I am fully aware of the service frontliners not only in health, not only in the government, units, but also in the Department of Tourism.

Because, notwithstanding the challenges had the to more given of

“To serbisyo

“We with the the pandemic, continue wake,” she said. ug

Frasco crafting equal also national policy. of if importantly, only the good work sakripisyo to focusing on the national to of be opportunity the work to tanang kalisod,” she added. in ensure that our brothers and sisters whose livelihood depend on tourism would be shielded from the economic impact that the pandemic has left in its all of you that have continued the underscored policy to be

Department of Tourism, whether you are in the central office or in the regional offices all over the country, I thank you. Salamat kaayo sa inyong taliwala crafting foresee a Department sa the importance of being in touch with the realities on the ground in addition of of

Tourism that is not only focused on but, touch realities on the ground, to give attention to sites, peoples, products that have not necessarily been developed, to reach out to all regional offices, all of our partners in the local government units, to extend to them the hand of collaboration from the

Department and the

She within what fire possibly of of said the (Cebu Examiner)

Tourism, send across the message and recover,” Frasco said. this consultative the President’s directive. is humanly Frasco stressed. surmount,” she and approach pandemic. and we have thrived. There is to that we are here to help the industry arise collaborative in alignment with the overall vision of

President Bongbong Marcos for the tourism industry to become one of the major economic pillars for the country under his administration.

Frasco appealed for the support of the DOT workforce behind

“We must not only continue to do the work that we have been doing, but we must exert extra effort to give everything that we can possible, to ensure that our Department becomes one of the major economic contributors in the Marcos administration,”

“I have full trust in the workforce of the Department of Tourism because you have been forged in

We’ve been through it, we have survived, is no other challenge that we could not added.