Monday, June 6, 2016

Beefing Up Dapitan's Tourism Potential



Dakak, Dapitan City
DAPITAN CITY, Zamboanga del Norte (June 6, 2016) - Dapitan City is leveling up with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Department of Tourism in their strong bid to position the country as the next diving destination for the world to visit ! Both departments allocated big chunks of their budget participating in worldwide expositions for aquatic and diving destinations but only promote those resorts in Luzon and Visayas which are already popular in the diving community.

It’s a sad fact that we discovered during our participation in DRT Show HongKong 2015. But despite that, we didn’t let such discouragement kill our spirits to market Dapitan. The fact that our booth was situated at the back encouraged us to give all our efforts to attract attendees of DRT Show HongKong 2015. And our concerted efforts there paid off! The international divers started to arrive here in Dapitan since January.


Indeed we are hoping that Dapitan City will attract some more and maintain momentum hoping that both Departments mentioned above will take notice to include us in their promotions!

On April 25, 2016, the Philippines was referred to as the “apex of the South East Asian Coral triangle." The Philippine Consulate General and the Department of Tourism New York (PDOT) participated at the 2016 Beneath the Sea Travel Show which was held at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, NJ from April 01 to 03 to promote internationally-acclaimed dive and aquatic spots in the Philippines.

Meanwhile, the Tourism Office of Dapitan City is committing itself to add, increase and elevate their skills in tourism to make them ready for anything especially if the arriving tourists would ask for a unique Dapitan City souvenir apart from the usual and regular shirts and keyholders.



Their target is to create life size statues and custom made Dapitan dolls thru paper mache. It is hoped to be successful as their facilitator is no other than the world renowned scenographer Mr. Rolando de Leon. (Dapitan City Tourism Office)

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