The tourism industry is among the country's high potential drivers for economic transformation, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. emphasized on Monday.
The tourism industry is among the country's high potential drivers for economic transformation, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. emphasized on Monday.
Given that tourism is a "driver" of the economy, the President said the government has to do everything "to make sure that this asset that the Philippines has must be used to bring jobs to people, to bring visitors to our country." Marcos said he fully understands “how tourism can drive our social, our economic recovery, especially in the countryside, given the majestic and natural wonders and exciting man-made sites that we have within the Philippines.”
“We want one of the key players in our nation’s progress to be buzzing once again with life—stronger than ever—so that they will be able to keep up with these fast moving times,” said Marcos. "Another thing that we consider was immediately necessary is we must improve the accessibility of all these places, to have direct access to smaller airports, not necessarily the big airports of Manila, of Cebu, of CDO, of Gen San, but also to the small areas," he added.the country’s infrastructure and policies to boost the tourism industry. He had mentioned Singapore's developed tourism sector, despite limited natural resources, because of its policies and infrastructure.
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