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.
