Tourism will erase North Surigao from list of 10 poorest provinces---PGMA
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the development of the tourism assets of Surigao del Norte is the key factor to the province’s economic progress and eventual graduation from the list of the 10 poorest provinces in the country.
The Arroyo administration’s Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (2004-2010) stated that the tourism sector‘s “primary importance in poverty alleviation lies in its potential to generate millions of jobs for various groups of people.”
“Tourism is the best source of employment…from the most skilled to the least skilled, there is an employment opportunity…” the President said when she was in Siargao Island last Wednesday (April 16).
Thus, the President pledged to help rural areas such as Siargao Island, which is part of Surigao del Norte, to develop their natural resource endowments through support infrastructure, such as airports and roads to make the tourist destinations more accessible.
Tourism is a very complex industry encompassing a wide range of economic activities in every tourist destination in the country, and involves a substantial amount of investments—a reason why it is recognized as a major contributor to the generation of foreign exchange earnings, investments, and revenues, and to the total growth of the country’s output. It also creates human resource-intensive jobs.
Over the years, the Philippine tourism industry has been playing a key role in promoting mutual understanding among nations, and as an instrument of national and economic development through poverty alleviation and conservation of fragile natural and cultural resources.
Tourism can directly and indirectly contribute to employment creation in the country: direct employment in hotels, restaurants (food and beverage sector), retail trade (souvenir sales), nightclubs, transport, sports, and entertainment establishments, travel agencies, tour operators;
Indirect employment, on the other hand, occurs through the supply of goods and services needed by tourism-related businesses like the suppliers and makers of souvenirs, and from professions such as consultancies, lawyering and tax accountancy.
Here in the Philippines, its share in total employment is likewise increasing said Tourism Secretary Ace Durano.
These jobs include enterprises within the industry, mostly in micro, small and medium enterprises that the Arroyo administration projected to reach one million in net additional employment from the tourism sector.
Thus, the President is banking on the full development of the tourism assets of Surigao del Norte for the province to finally achieve economic progress.
For a start, she has invited Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific to fly directly from Manila to Siargao, the province’s tropical paradise endowed with white powdery sand, underground caves, game fishing spots and surfing havens.
She has also released some P10 million for the water system in the island as well as the concreting of roads leading to the province’s tourist attractions.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the development of the tourism assets of Surigao del Norte is the key factor to the province’s economic progress and eventual graduation from the list of the 10 poorest provinces in the country.
The Arroyo administration’s Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (2004-2010) stated that the tourism sector‘s “primary importance in poverty alleviation lies in its potential to generate millions of jobs for various groups of people.”
“Tourism is the best source of employment…from the most skilled to the least skilled, there is an employment opportunity…” the President said when she was in Siargao Island last Wednesday (April 16).
Thus, the President pledged to help rural areas such as Siargao Island, which is part of Surigao del Norte, to develop their natural resource endowments through support infrastructure, such as airports and roads to make the tourist destinations more accessible.
Tourism is a very complex industry encompassing a wide range of economic activities in every tourist destination in the country, and involves a substantial amount of investments—a reason why it is recognized as a major contributor to the generation of foreign exchange earnings, investments, and revenues, and to the total growth of the country’s output. It also creates human resource-intensive jobs.
Over the years, the Philippine tourism industry has been playing a key role in promoting mutual understanding among nations, and as an instrument of national and economic development through poverty alleviation and conservation of fragile natural and cultural resources.
Tourism can directly and indirectly contribute to employment creation in the country: direct employment in hotels, restaurants (food and beverage sector), retail trade (souvenir sales), nightclubs, transport, sports, and entertainment establishments, travel agencies, tour operators;
Indirect employment, on the other hand, occurs through the supply of goods and services needed by tourism-related businesses like the suppliers and makers of souvenirs, and from professions such as consultancies, lawyering and tax accountancy.
Here in the Philippines, its share in total employment is likewise increasing said Tourism Secretary Ace Durano.
These jobs include enterprises within the industry, mostly in micro, small and medium enterprises that the Arroyo administration projected to reach one million in net additional employment from the tourism sector.
Thus, the President is banking on the full development of the tourism assets of Surigao del Norte for the province to finally achieve economic progress.
For a start, she has invited Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific to fly directly from Manila to Siargao, the province’s tropical paradise endowed with white powdery sand, underground caves, game fishing spots and surfing havens.
She has also released some P10 million for the water system in the island as well as the concreting of roads leading to the province’s tourist attractions.
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