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Sulu Governor Abdusakur M. Tan gives a warm welcome to Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and party, upon their arrival at the Sulu Provincial Capitol. Also on hand to welcome Sec. Frasco and her party are : Municipal Local Chief Executives of Sulu, Provincial Department Heads, Municipal Tourism Officers , PCol Narciso Paragas. Provincial Director Sulu PPO, MGen. Ignatius Patrimonio Commander of the 11th Infantry “Alakdan” Division and and Joint Task Force Orion, BGen Christopher C Tampus, Deputy Commander 11th Infantry “Alakdan” Division, Sulu Provincial Employees and other guests. Source: Province of Sulu FB

Provincial,

𝗦𝘂𝗹𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗼, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ‘𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲’

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AS the first-ever Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary to set foot in the Province of Sulu, Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco received a full-honor welcome led by Sulu Province Governor Abdusakur M. Tan on Feb. 28, 2024 at the Sulu Provincial Capitol.

“𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 (𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘰) 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 (𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘶). 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮. 𝘒𝘢𝘺𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯. 𝘐𝘵𝘰, 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘯, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴,” Governor Tan enthused about his “adopted granddaughter” during her visit.

“𝘚𝘰, 𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯, 𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘴, 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘰. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 [𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵] 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘶 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺–𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺–𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮,” the Governor continued.

During her visit, Secretary Frasco engaged with Governor Tan and convened with the entire assembly of 19 municipal mayors of the province before witnessing a cultural showcase.

“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘶, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘶 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘳 (𝘈𝘣𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘢𝘯),” the tourism chief said.

“𝘐’𝘮 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘱𝘰 𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦, 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘢 𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘺𝘰 𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘬 𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘴. 𝘒𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰, 𝘱𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘺𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘶,” she added.

Secretary Frasco highlighted that tourism has emerged as one of the most robust pillars of our economy. In 2022, it played a pivotal role by providing over 5.35 million jobs for our fellow Filipinos.

In terms of our gross domestic product, tourism contributed a substantial 1.87 trillion to our economy in 2022 while international visitor receipts alone are projected to contribute a noteworthy 482 billion pesos to our economy in 2023.