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 โAlakdanโ Division and and Joint Task Force Orion, BGen Christopher C Tampus, Deputy Commander 11th Infantry โAlakdanโ Division, Sulu Provincial Employees and other guests.
Source: Province of Sulu FB
๐ฆ๐๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ผ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ‘๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐-๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ’
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.
โ๐๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ (๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ฐ) ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต (๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ). ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ต๐ฐ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด,โ Governor Tan enthused about his โadopted granddaughterโ during her visit.
โ๐๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐จ ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ฐ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ [๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต] ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บโ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บโ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ,โ 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.
โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ (๐๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฌ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ),โ the tourism chief said.
โ๐’๐ฎ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐บ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ด. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐บ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ,โ 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.
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