Capiz wants to be an eco-cultural tourism hub
ROXAS CITY – Gov. Victor A. Tanco wants the province of Capiz to become an eco-cultural tourism hub in the Central Philippines Super Region, the country's tourism belt.
The goal is one of the vision pillars of the Strategic Direction Development Agenda of the province that are summed in two words – "Captivating Capiz."
In order to put this vision pillar in place, the Provincial Tourism Office headed by Alphonsus Tesoro will hold a strategic planning workshop, January 14-15, at MVW Restaurant & Tourist Inn here to craft the Provincial Tourism Promotion and Development Plan.
Tanco said the plan is intended to "propel the advancement of the tourism industry in the province," which is reputed to the seafood capital of the Philippines and garden center of Panay Island.
Seafood is by all means one of the major products of the province. It includes various kinds of deep-sea, brackishwater and freshwater fishes, shrimps, crabs, oysters, mussels, and the exotic "diwal" or angel's wings.
The province is home to wide tracts of gardens and flower farms that have pushed it ahead of other provinces in the island in terms of cutfoliage production.
Capiz also boasts of numerous natural, man-made and cultural tourist attractions and destinations that make it as another option beside Boracay Island and other major tourist spots or attractions.
It has Sinadya sa Halaran every first week of December as its premier festival. The province is also developing what was once a rural development training center in the municipality of Cuartero into an eco-tourism park. (PIA)