SEPTEMBER 19-25, 2011

Capiz gears up for Tourism Week 2011 celeb

 by Alex A. Lumaque

            ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Sept. 20 (PIA) - Capiz celebrates Tourism Week 2011 from September 22-28,  with different tourism-related activities lined-up by the provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO).

            The week-long celebration with the theme “Tourism: Embracing Cultures” will kick off simultaneously with the opening of a one-stop shop of government services dubbed “Capiz nga Serbisyo Publiko sa Capitolyo” at the ground floor of the Provincial Capitol here.

            The opening day activities will also include photo exhibit (WOW Capiz) and product sale at the Atrium of the Provincial Capitol and orientation on frontline services in events hosting at a local hotel and restaurant.

            “WOW Capiz will feature newly discovered tourism sites and cultural attractions,” said a PTCAO staff.

            The Roxas City government will separately launch the “I Plant” advocacy and Palina Greenbelt Eco-Park at Arnaldo Boulevard and Barangay Cagay here, respectively, during the celebration.

            The “I Plant” concept aims to beautify the city’s major thoroughfare by plantingbougainvillea flowers along Arnaldo Boulevard.

            Other activities of the celebration include 6^th Provincial Convention of Students and Teachers of Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) as well as Tourism courses, skills olympic and cooking contest by Filamer Christian University’s (FCU) College of HRM and Tourism and “Specialty of the House Showcase” (Sabor Capiznon) by the Association of Resorts, Restaurants and Hotels of Capiz (ARRHC).

            Expected to grace the activities are National Commission for Culture and the Arts – Philippine Cultural Education Program (NCCA PCEP) director Elmar B. Ingles, Department of Tourism (DOT) – 6 Officer-In-Charge lawyer Helen Catalbas, Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) national president Miguel Sison and  local government officials.

            The celebration is embodied in a resolution approved by the Capiz provincial board in 2008 which designated the last week of September as Provincial Tourism Week to develop tourism awareness among Capiceños. (JCM/AAL/PIA 6 Capiz)

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