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CEBU CITY, October 22 (PIA) –
Information and Tourism Officers in Central Visayas are invited to the
#InfoTourismAdventureRace in time for the 22nd RADIO7 Convention on October
28-30 at the Coco Grove Beach Resort in San Juan, Siquijor with the theme
"Bridging Information and Tourism Through Social Media."
Philippine Information Agency
(PIA-7) regional director Minerva Newman said this is a not
an ordinary convention of the Regional Association of Development
Information Officers (RADIO) because "we also invited the various tourism
officers of the local government units in Central Visayas to join the event via
an eco-adventure challenge to showcase the sensations of Siquijor."
RADIO 7 is an umbrella
organization of the Cebu Association of City And Municipal Public Information
Officers (CAOCAMPIO), Association of Negros Oriental Public Information
Officers (ANOPIO), Association of United Development Information Officers
(Bohol), Siquijor Association of Information Disseminators (SAID) and
Association of Government Information Officers (AGIO).
Presidential Communications
Operations Office (PCOO) secretary and spokesperson Herminio “Sonny” Coloma
will give his keynote address regarding the theme while Bohol is invited to
present its Tourism Roadmap to Recovery after the October 23 Earthquake.
On the second day, the
#InfoTourismAdventureRace starts from the resort in San Juan to the various
race-pitstops covering every town in Siquijor highlighting the
tourism lure of each challenge. Facilitating and coordinating the entire
adventure race is Vince Escario, Bantayan Communications
Consultant.
The participants are divided into 10
teams to do the various challenges featuring the uniquness of the island.
Part of the team's task is to gather details and information about
the province, the various features in the race and to blog or write and posts
these in social media sites.
A blogger is part of the team that
will mentor the the group on how to promote these tourism features in social
media by making a blog and or presentation of the team's adventure in
'Sensational Siquijor.'
Fastest Team and Best Blog are given
some prizes during the last day of the convention while officers of RADIO
will conduct its annual meeting and election of new set of officers on the
opening day of the event.
The 22nd RADIO7 Convention is hosted
by the Siquijor Association of Information Disseminators(SAID) with Larena town
information officer, Lydith Tan as president. (mbcn/fcc/PIA7-Cebu)