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==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
'''So. Leyte Chamber of Commerce adds Limasawa as the fifth tourism hub'''
'''Business name registration for single proprietorship over in 15 minutes -- DTI- So Leyte'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=62816
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=63041
*Tuesday, November 08, 2011
*Wednesday, November 09, 2011
:by   Bong Pedalino
:by Bong Pedalino




MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Nov. 8 (PIA) -- The Limasawa historical landmark has been added to the man-made tourist attractions in the “tourism dream” crafted by the Southern Leyte Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SLCCI), a visionary framework that was integrated in the development agenda of the various local government units.
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Nov. 9 (PIA) -- Having one’s business name registered in this city and elsewhere in the province with the provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), at least for single proprietorship type of ventures, can be processed and done with in just fifteen minutes.
SLCCI President Engr. Robert Castanares announced the inclusion of the cultural and heritage icon in a gathering of hotels, resorts, and restaurant owners organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Friday and Candy’s function hall, where he spoke about the development directions of the tourism industry in the province.
“And we are still working to have it in ten minutes, granting the internet or online highway is okay,” said Michael Nunez, DTI provincial Director during a forum with prime movers of the tourism industry here Friday at Candy’s function hall spearheaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
In his detailed presentation, Castanares discussed a comprehensive analysis of the economic situation in the province, in which the best way to circulate money was to lure tourists through the identified five tourism hubs that would position the province as the “playground of Eastern Visayas” by the year 2013.
Nunez was sharing on what his office can contribute for the development of businesses like hotels, restaurants, and resorts and the expected influx of tourists the moment the five tourism hubs in the province will be fully operational in a couple of years from now.
The first hub will be a theme park at Danao Forest Park in this city, wherein some 30 hectares was already approved by the city government to be developed into a zoo, to be called “ZooLeyte”, the target date for opening will be in April, 2012, Castanares revealed.
The trade agency had worked closely with the German government organization GIZ to streamline business permits and licensing system (BPLS) of the various local government units (LGUs) so investors would shorten their transactions by simplifying the number of steps and signatories of mandated fees, Nunez reported.
The second hub, which was already operational since April 15 this year, was the popular Agas-Agas Zipline destination in Sogod, and Castanares said in a month or two, other features will be added like the off-road adventures, bungee jump, and cable car.
In the past several years that this change was being successfully implemented by the LGUs, he had heard some marked improvement in the procedures.
The third hub will be the Silago canopy walk, or a stroll through high trees, the walk ending in a scenic waterfalls, and development of this project was still in progress.
“If the improvement was not felt, tell the DTI, for we are friendly to business, and we are also friendly to customers,” Nunez told a gathering of hotels, restaurants, and resort operators.
The fourth was the Napantao Dive Site in San Francisco, said to be among the top five dive destinations in Asia, and this will be enhanced further to cater to the expected surge of diving enthusiasts.
Nunez offered as example his very own office, which used to register the business name for single proprietorship in more than a month’s time, later shortened to three weeks, two weeks, then one day, until the present when the owner will just have to wait for fifteen minutes only.
The fifth hub was the Limasawa historical landmark, an ambitious project that would put up a 100-meter high cross in the island, equipped with elevator to reach the top portion where businesses like coffee shop and others can be enjoyed.
Soon, prospective registrants would no longer need to go personally to the DRI office to have their business names registered, for they will simply apply online and have their payment transmitted through electronic means, Nunez informed. (PIA-Southern Leyte/bong)
Last year, when the tourism framework was presented to the local media, only the four hubs were highlighted.
Castanares said the prime concern for the Limasawa project was the ground texture of the island if it can support such a huge infrastructure.
The provincial “tourism dream” attempts to capture some 200,000 visitors starting this year until the end of 2013, Castanares also said. (PIA-Southern Leyte/bong)


==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines==
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