City boosts support to Davao Fun Sale

WITH summer just around the corner, the Davao City Tourism Office (CTO) has committed to level up their support to the 4th Visit Davao Fun Sale, the annual summer campaign of the regional office of the Department of Tourism (DOT 11).

Instead of creating a separate set of activities and programs to further promote Davao City as an ideal tourist destination this summer, CTO head Generose Tecson said on Monday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw that they will strengthen their participation to the DOT’s 4th VDFS to mainstream the beautiful places of the city.

“It had come to our notice that during that time where Visit Davao Fun Sale was started by the private sector and supported by the DOT and our office, there is a huge increase of our tourism arrivals from April to May,” Tecson said.

The VDFS, which will run from April 16 to May 31, 2017 is expected to feature discounted offerings in airfare, accommodations, tours, dining, shopping, beauty, wellness sports, arts, nightlife and among others that will surely entice foreign and local tourist alike to experience various activities that the city could offer.

“Integrated na po ang approach ngayong summer hindi na iba ang activity,” she said.

Tecson expressed her optimism that a bulk of adventure-seeker and travellers will chose Davao City as their summer destination.

Meanwhile, she also said that she as well as Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio was happy with the turn out of the 80th Araw ng Dabaw considering the wide audience who joined the city in the yearly festivity.

She added that they are yet to consolidate the data of tourist arrivals this month.