By Katlene O. Cacho
TRYING to double
tourism revenues while avoiding the mass-market route may be a good plan but the government should heavily
invest on infrastructure and have a clear tourism brand, industry players in Cebu said.
“It is a good plan but it will take a lot of infrastructure and development of world-class tourism facilities,†said Cebu Business Club president Dondi Joseph.
“I have personally always been for the
high-spend tourism market but we must also be realistic and mine the mass-market opportunities while we shift to the higher end of market,†he told Sun.Star Cebu.
Six years, he added, may not be enough time for a complete transition.
Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim earlier said the department is aiming to double
tourism revenues while avoiding the mass-market route taken by some of the country’s Southeast
Asian neighbors.
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