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SunStar File May 14, 2021 MALAPASCUA ISLAND, Cebu – The Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT 7) is bent on reviving diving as one of the major tourist draws in Cebu post-pandemic, as it kicked off the third leg of the DIVE7 Summer Festivals in this famous diving destination.
During the launch of the event late Thursday afternoon participated by diving stakeholders in Cebu, DOT 7 Director Shahlimar Tamano announced the government’s plan to restore Cebu’s well-known image as a diving destination.
Tamano said the diving industry in the Philippines, particularly in Central Visayas, is one of the key economic drivers in tourism.
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Dauin Mayor Galicano Truita declared the reopening of the town for dive tourists last Feb. 19. Dauin was the first to resume its dive tourism sector in the Negros province.
“I invite local [tourists] from Metro Manila, Mindanao, Visayas, Cebu, Bacolod open na ang ating diving tourism sa Dauin (our diving tourism in Dauin is now open),” Truita said in a press conference at The Henry Hotel in Dumaguete on Thursday, Feb. 25.
Among the popular diving sites that opened in Dauin is the Apo Island, which is one of the world’s best-known community-organized marine sanctuaries. It is home to over 650 documented species of fish and more than 400 species of corals.
Published December 31, 2020, 5:13 PM
The year 2020 started with optimism as the Department of Tourism (DoT) aimed to surpass the achievements in 2019 when the tourism industry contributed 12.7 percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), of which 10.8 percent came from domestic tourism.
Based on the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) 2016-2022 or the blueprint of the national government’s tourism goals, the DoT was supposed to aim for 9.2 million foreign visitor arrivals this year, with inbound revenue projected at P661 billion and generating around six million jobs.
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But the projections made did not fit the disasters and conflicts brought by 2020.