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COR0N-BUSUANGA-CULION SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CIRCUIT DEVELOPMENT (Province of Palawan). Project Goal.
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COR0N-BUSUANGA-CULION SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CIRCUIT DEVELOPMENT (Province of Palawan)
Project Goal • make Coron – Busuanga – Culion Circuit as a competitive and business investment friendly tourism development area delivering economic opportunities while protecting the environment, cultural and social resources
Increased visitor arrivals, length of stay and visitor spending • Increased investments in tourism facilities and services that generate local employment
Project Description: • The project focuses on the three municipalities of the Calamianes Group of Isands where the concentration of tourism attractions and resources are found • Calamianes particularly Coron and Busuanga have long been known as among the top ecotourism destinations
Project Description: • The project adopts a tourism circuit approach that mainstreams disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation to the sustainable development of tourism in the area
Project Description: • Seeks to protect the Calamianes’ image as a high value/high quality tourist destination through professionalizing services, improvement of facilities, tourism product enhancement and marketing initiatives
Project Description: • The project will promote inclusiveness in tourism growth by creating employment opportunities, integrating communities as providers in the tourism value chain and facilitating the involvement of indigenous peoples in tourism-related initiatives
Framework Tourism Circuit Development with Enhancement of tourism products and services Service Quality Enhancement • Development of new, socio-culturally and environmentally sensitive product concepts by consolidating existing tourism circuits and packages within and across the tourism development areas in Coron, Busuanga, and Culion • Institutionalize feedback mechanism on service quality, pricing at the enterprise and local area level in partnership with the academe • Raise standards of facilities, tour operations and services Development of enhanced local enabling environment for tourism development
Project Proponents • Provincial Government of Palawan • Municipal Government of Coron • Municipal Government of Busuanga • Municipal Government of Culion • Palawan Tourism Council • Calamian Association of Tourism Establishments
National Government Agencies in the Project Implementation Team • Department of the Interior and Local Government • Department of Tourism • Department of Public Works and Highways • Department of Trade and Industry • Department of Social Welfare and Development • Department of Transportation and Communication • Department of Agriculture
Accommodation Establishments (as of May 2014)
On Going/Pipeline Project • Roads (DOT-DPWH Convergence Program) • Road connecting Busuanga airport-Kiwit Road leading to various beaches, Busuanga (Provincial) • Coron-Busuanga Road leading to Busuanga Airport to Coron and Calauit Island (National Secondary) • Access Road to MaquinitHotspringsCoron (Provincial)
On Going/Pipeline Project • Airport/Port Development • New Busuanga Airport (DOTC/P4.3B) • RORO Port (Borac, Coron)
On Going/Pipeline Project • Proposed (DOT-DPWH Convergence Program) • Poblacion-Tagumpay-Marcilla-Borac leading to the proposed RORO Port • YKR – Decalachao-Cheey-New Quezon Circumferential Road
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End Presentation for NETT Tourism Meeting DILG LGSP – LED July 23, 2014 Palawan PIT