Mati City is building up as tourism hub in the Davao Region by pushing for the development of its airport as tourism driver. In an interview, Mayor Michelle Nakpil Rabat said the National Economic …
Mati City is building up as tourism hub in the Davao Region by pushing for the development of its airport as tourism driver.
In an interview, Mayor Michelle Nakpil Rabat said the National Economic Development Authority assured during a meeting that the agency will help the city in pushing for the airport. “That was included in our discussion with NEDA. They will help us push for this. The airport has been there since 1981. Mati is a tourism hub at the same time agro-industrial. That is the way forward and most sustainable. And Mati being part of the Metro Davao Development Authority we just recently concluded with the consultation with the NEDA and we agreed that Mati is a tourism hub,” she said.“I’m pretty sure soon.
Recently, Mati City hosted the first Bay Deep Mati Freediving Festival which gathered local and foreign divers. Freediving is a relatively new watersport activity in Davao Region and like scuba diving, it entails thorough training and certification for one to safely do this sport underwater.“I do expect more activities like this. You have to put it in a tourism calendar we intend to put this as a yearly thing or for the enthusiasts out there who want to come to Mati. And we want to put Mati City on the map, I think this is one way of putting Mati on the map, to foreigners.
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