Thursday, October 19, 2006 Guimaras: From eco-tourism to sports adventure, agri tourism promotion
WITH their beaches and island resorts damaged by the oil spill, Guimaras Gov. JC Rahman Nava said Wednesday that the Provincial Government is now positioning to promote the island-province as the next sports adventure and agri-tourism capital of Western Visayas.
In a joint Regional Peace and Order Council and City Peace and Order Council meeting held at the Taberna Hall of Casino Filipino Hotel in Bacolod, Nava said they don't have any choice but to shift their tourism promotion from eco-tourism to sports adventure and agri-tourism.
"We're doing it fast. We need to double-time in our promotion as part of our recovery efforts after the oil spill that almost ruined the fishing livelihood of our people," Nava told reporters.
He said Guimaras could be a potential place for sports adventure like rapelling, mountain climbing, and biking among others.
"We also have our vast mango plantation suited for our agri-tourism promotion," he added.
With these, at least we can still market Guimaras in and out of the country in spite of the damage brought about by the oil spill.
On the update of the clean-up operations, Nava said Petron with the local residents has already cleaned up a total of 100 kilometers of the Guimaras shorelines and hauled at least 3,000 metric tons of spilt oil.
In Bacolod City, the Sectoral Concerns Office expressed thanks Wednesday to all their donors who extended help to the people of Guimaras at the height of the disaster through "Operation Love Spell Guimaras (OLSG)."
SCO Head Alex Coloso said OLSG is another charity project by the City Government manned by Task Force St. Bernard.
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