DEPARTMENT of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco welcomes President Ferdinand R. Marcosโ endorsement to push the countryโs gastronomy tourism, emphasizing in his latest vlog the importance of regional cuisines and the role of food in the world-renowned Filipino brand.ย
โ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ช๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐บ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ข๐จ-๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข, ๐บ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ช ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด,โ the President said in his latest vlog.ย
Stressing the role of gastronomy in the Filipino culture, the President then encouraged the public to patronize and support local Filipino products: โ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ต๐ฐ. ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐๐๐๐ด, ๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐บ!โ
For her part, Secretary Frasco thanked the President for his remark stressing that an endorsement from the countryโs chief executive is a big boost in helping promote the Philippinesโ gastronomy scene both in the domestic and international markets.
โ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด, ๐๐ณ. ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ข โ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.โ ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ดโ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ช ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข,โ enthused Secretary Frasco.
“๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด; ๐ช๐ต’๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐บ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ,โ the tourism chief added.
The approved National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) 2023-2028, also known as the blueprint of the tourism industry identifies Food tourism as a priority product of the DOT.
๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ
โOn the directive of the President, we at the DOT have been actively promoting gastronomy tourism as part of our expanded tourism portfolio, the tourism chief added noting the various efforts of the Tourism Department to beef up this product such as the hosting of the First United Nations Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Asia and the Pacific which will take place from June 26 to 27 in Cebu.โ
โ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ต. ๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต,โ the tourism chief said.
The said forum will serve as a platform to celebrate the power of gastronomy tourism and bring together destinations and international experts to exchange knowledge and best practices, to harness its transformative power, especially for the benefit of local communities and the environment. This event will be held as a prelude to the countryโs hosting of the 36th Joint Commission Meeting for East Asia & the Pacific and South Asia on June 28, 2024.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
Under Secretary Frascoโs helm, the DOT likewise ventured into other gastronomic programs such as the Philippine Eatsperience, a component of the DOTโs flagship project, the Philippine Experience Program (PEP), that recognizes the pivotal role of food and gastronomy in shaping the countryโs tourism landscape. The Philippine Eastperience strives to offer travelers an authentic taste of Filipino hospitality while visiting Intramuros and Rizal Park where the program was launched last month.
The Filipino concept of โsalu-salo” is the modalities of the PEP program with regional launches completed in Davao Region, Calabarzon, the Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Ilocos Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Palawan, with more planned this year.
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Halal Tourism was also elevated as a major product of the DOT under the current administration, especially after a milestone win at the Halal in Travel Awards 2023 as an Emerging Muslim-friendly Destination. Currently, the Department is working on staging the first-ever Halal Travel and Tourism Expo in Manila, while also developing a Muslim-friendly travelogue of the Philippines.
As a move to equalize and regionalize tourism efforts and opportunities, the DOT is also doing Halal orientations with its regional offices. It also aims to collaborate with RestoPH to provide more Muslim-friendly food and Halal-certified food in the metro.
โWe hope that with the Presidentโs endorsement, we will foster a stronger community that would champion our local cuisines, and above all, give employment to more Filipinos,” said Secretary Frasco.
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