Davao del Sur – With the great effect of the earthquake catastrophe and the pandemic to the economy of Matanao town, the local government here has dwelled on improving its tourism industry.
Matanao Mayor Vincent Fernandez said that this endeavor has resulted to the discovery and the ongoing development of potential tourist destinations in the municipality such as waterfalls, mountain range and caves.
In fact, four tourist sites are set to be open to public on April 8, 2021. And these are the Su’bon Cave, waterfalls, mountaintop, swimming pool/resorts.
In today’s episode of the Laging Handa Network Briefing with PCOO Assistant Secretary JV Arcena, the mayor said that they are planning to identify and develop one tourist destination in each of the 33 barangays in Matanao for the tourists to visit.
Fernandez bared that massive road projects are ongoing and on the pipeline in preparation for the LGU’s tourism development endeavors.
He said that he is hoping that the ongoing concreting of roads worth ₱ 20 million will be finished by end of 2021 or early 2022.
There is also a ₱ 9.5 million road construction project leading to a spring resort and lake, he added.
Aside from the tourism improvement, the mayor said that the main road rehabilitation/construction projects will provide easy access for the farm produce of their farmers.
“This will lessen the transportation cost of the farm produce,” he stated.
(Carina L. Cayon, PIA-XI | Michael Manguhig, RPN DXKT Davao OIC)