Ensuring that local plans are aligned to the National Tourism Development Plan, the Department of Tourism CALABARZON conducted a seminar on Tourism Guidebook last September 15, 2023 at the View Park Hotel Tagaytay. The event was attended by the tourism officers and planning coordinators of Cavite.

The Tourism Guidebook Rollout highlighted the shared responsibilities of stakeholders as well as the different aspects to be considered in tourism development such as disaster risk reduction, gender and development, climate change adaptation, zoning, infrastructure development, and statistical data. This training also discussed the step by step guide on work plan preparation, site evaluations, goals setting, and strategies in developing and packaging a destination which can be useful in creating a local tourism development plan.

The activity was also attended by resource persons from the DOT Main Office-Planning Division and from the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority who discussed how LGUs can avail of the tourism infrastructure project grants from TIEZA.— Office of the Provincial Tourism Office