TAGBILARAN CITY,
Bohol, Jan. 09 (PIA)--The first ever all-Bohol travel fair to kick off Bohol’s
year-round tourism campaign dubbed as “Visit Bohol
2015" starts Jan. 9 - Jan. 11 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Glorieta
Activity Center in Makati City.
This is in line with the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) “Visit Philippines
2015” campaign.
DOT Sec. Ramon Jimenez is slated to keynote the opening ceremony
with Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto, House Tourism Committee Chair, Rep. Rene
Relamapagos and Atty. Lucas Nunag, chairman of the Provincial Tourism Council
(PTC) to welcome the guests.
The event will start with a video presentations of the DOT’s “It’s
More Fun in the Philippines 2015,” “Bohol: The Destination,” while LGUs Anda,
Danao and Tagbilaran will have their respective audio-visual presentations.
This 3-day event will be selling discounted rates of resorts,
hotels and tour packages of up to 70%. AirAsia, the leading budget
airline partner for the campaign, will offer seat sale.
The launch event was supposed to be held last December 8-10, 2014
but was rescheduled because of super typhoon Ruby.
After the devastating storm that hit parts of the country, Bohol’s
tourism campaign is going full blast which once again demonstrates the
Filipinos’ innate resilience and tireless spirit.
In promoting the province as the newest must-go tourist
destination, the travel fair will also feature popular Boholano products, as
well as showcase free musical numbers from popular performances such as the
world-renowned and Bohol’s pride, the Loboc Children’s Choir.
This is part of the Bohol Tourism Action Plan developed through
the collaboration of the United States Agency for International Development
through its Advancing Philippine Competitiveness Project (USAID-COMPETE), the
Department of Tourism (DOT), the United Nations World Tourism Organization
(UN-WTO) and the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and the full support of
the local tourism stakeholders led by the Provincial Tourism Council.
The 3-day event signals the first time ever that tourism sector in
Bohol comes together in a massive campaign to entice tourists to visit.
(mbcn/ecb/PIA7-Bohol)