Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco emphasized the significance of film tourism and the construction of the Philippine Film Heritage Building during its Groundbreaking Ceremony on Thursday (Oct. 26) at the historic grounds of Baluarte de San Diego of Intramuros, Manila.
The Tourism Chief announced the DOT’s prioritization of Film Tourism as a way to highlight a component of the Filipino identity, hence, its inclusion in the National Tourism Development Plan under the Marcos Administration. According to Frasco, the heritage building initiative will preserve Filipino cinematic excellence and cultural identity while using the power of cinema as a strong voice to introduce the nation to the world.
“𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯,” said Secretary Frasco.
“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴,” Frasco stressed the importance of the tripartite agreement between DOT, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), and the TIEZA – Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority.
The Tourism Chief also extended her gratitude to Senator Robinhood Padilla for his invaluable contribution and dedication to bringing this heritage building project to fruitio
