MORE TOURISM HAVENS EYED IN COUNTRYSIDE

July 18, 2024 JUST IN

TOURISM frontiers shall be opened up at the grassroots level in a bid to disperse development into the barangays. This shall happen within a year’s time so as to spur growth and development in clusters of barangays comprising the city countryside. Gladys Vergara, 3-year chair of the Baguio Tourism Council, declared this avowal to push tourism’s socio-economic growth towards the barangays, especially those situated at the city’s outskirts.

Vergara is the eldest daughter of 12-year Rep. Bernie Vergara who is himself Mr Tourism Action Man when he headed the Philippine Tourism Authority from 1977 to 1988. As BTC chair, Gladys has been in the forefront of Baguio’s tourism growth. She cites the public-private partnership that has marked a flourishing tourism business in recent years.