MAKING Cagayan de Oro’s signature culinary show Kumbira be featured in the other cities that are part of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) is one of the proposals pushed during its joint tourism development cluster meeting here two weeks ago.

City Investments and Promotion Officer Eileen San Juan said it was Tourism Assistant Secretary Rica Bueno who recommended that Kumbira can also be made a signature event in other BIMP events in the different parts of the world.

Kumbira is an annual event of the city held every fiesta celebration which features the best culinary chefs and aspiring chefs all over the country

“We are trying to propose for next year [2019] that there will also be participation of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia delegations in the Kumbira activity as a culinary event. We will look into the certification requirements of tourism industry, so among the BIM countries, we will also look into their certification requirements,” she added.

Also discussed is strengthening Cagayan de Oro’s flight connectivity to other BIM areas, tourism access and support infrastructure, human resource development, ecotourism, and improving tourism in the East Asean growth areas.

The joint tourism development cluster meeting was the last of a series of meeting conducted in the different parts of the country in 2018.