Bohol tourism slows down

[pioneer]

Statistics on the growth rate of tourists' arrivals in the Central Visayas' four provinces generated alarm from local stakeholders after the province was rated with the lowest growth during the second quarter of the year.

Meanwhile, the much-awaited standardization program of resorts, hotels, pension houses, restaurants, travel agencies and other tourism- related firms will soon kick off after the provincial government released its fund support of P500,000 to the Provincial Tourism Council (PTC) last Thursday.

Figures released from the Department of Tourism showed Bohol with the lowest growth at only 0.8 percent (64,476 arrivals this year from last year's 63,986).

The statistics, however, showed that Bohol remains as the second most visited province in the region, next to Cebu. Nevertheless, the low growth rate during the second quarter of the year triggered industry players to look on the possible factors behind the decline in the growth rate.

--published by the Bohol Chronicle

[udtohan]

yeah, it's true. why? wala man gud laing gioffer ang bohol. kapoyan na ang tourists...

they need to "repackage" bohol to sell it...

[Happy]

nimahal guro pud ng mga place to stay