Sulu gears up for massive beach development
The province has many beautiful white sand beaches with clean and crystal clear water
JOLO, Sulu — The provincial government here announced that it is aggressively developing potential beaches and scuba diving sites in this province aimed to revive and promote their dying tourism industry due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
In a statement on Wednesday, Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan said that he asked the 19 municipal mayors and their local tourism officers to develop their respective tourism sites and destinations in this province.
“Our main target now is to develop our tourism sites and destination including sites for scuba diving,” said Tan in an exclusive interview with Daily Tribune.
“We wanted to be at far with other cities and provinces in the country who are now aggressively developing their own tourism destinations and sites targeted to boost their tourism industry,” he added.
The governor also stressed that the province has many beautiful white sand beaches with clean and crystal clear water and a relaxing atmosphere.
“We wish to inform our tourist both local and foreign that we have the best beaches in the country,” Tan said.
He cited Takut beach and resort located in Maimbung town, the Panglima Tahil beach and resort in Panglima Tahil town, Birat Dalih beach and resort and the Pangat beach both in Parang, Sulu.
“We are also promoting the use of Jet sky and scuba diving in Sulu,” he added.
The Sulu governor said that peace and security is being guaranteed by our police and military authorities in the province.
Sulu inhabitants are predominantly Muslim, constituting about 90 percent of the provincial population and majority of them practice Sunni Islam of the Shafi’i tradition, as taught by Arab, Persian, Indian Muslim, Chinese Muslim and Malaccan missionaries from the 14th century onwards.