Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco during a speech at theLeague of Municipalities of the Philippines General Assembly on Feb. 22, 2023. (Photo courtesy of DOT) MANILA - The Department of Tourism (DOT) has allotted PHP180 million to support 15 tourism projects across the Philippines. The project called "Tourism Champions Challenge" is a nationwide campaign to incentivize tourism development among cities and municipalities. The initiative will help winning local government units (LGUs) in formulating, developing, and managing tourism projects by providing funds to their project proposals, the DOT said Thursday. Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco said the fund will be sourced from the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority and the DOT will receive proposals starting March until May 2023. "Through the Tourism Challenge we are inviting over 1,400 municipal mayors and over 100 city mayors to propose any tourism project that is in line with the seven-point tourism