PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will kick off today (February 22) her Central Philippines super-region tour with an inspection of tourism projects in four provinces in Central Philippines, the region mapped out as the country’s tourist corridor under her five-growth region development strategy.
Press Secretary Cris Icban Jr., said the President’s Super Regions travels are meant to underscore her milestone achievements over the past nine years which she intends to turn over to the next President “who will build on them further.”
The Central Philippines – Tourism Super Region spans Regions 4B, Regions 5 to 8, and the provinces of Romblon, Palawan, Camiguin and the island of Surigao, where most of the country’s top tourist destinations are spread and now enjoying unprecedented business boom.
Central Philippines accounts for over 50 percent of the country’s tourism industry. (PIA-Bohol)