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ATOP prepares for next big event in Clark next year
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=6&rid=814602
- Tuesday, October 13, 2015
- (PNA), SCS/LCM/DIGNA D. BANZON/LDP
DAVAO CITY, Oct. 13 (PNA) -- The next host for the national convention of the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines (ATOP) in Clark, Angeles City starts planning the 2016 event after the successful hosting of Davao City.
Davao City tourism head Lisette Marquez said, "We have just shown them how Davao handles events, be it domestic or international."
She said they saw the eagerness of the participants in the just-concluded ATOP convention to visit not only places but how things are handled here for visitors and tourists although they received good feedbacks from guests on their Davao experience.
Pampanga provincial tourism officer Arwin Lingat admitted Davao really did a great job and has become a big challenge to them as the next host of the 17th ATOP national convention in 2016.
Lingat said, “We saw a lot of best practices here that must be replicated not only in my area but also in the different provinces and cities in the country.”
"The over 1,600 tourism officers around the Philippines brought home with them doable and worth emulating practices that would strengthen the industry," he said.
The 17th ATOP national convention will be held in Clark next year, Lingat said, adding that they want to sustain what Davao has offered.
Alphonsus Tesoro, ATOP national president, said Davao City is ready in hosting any kind of event, whether domestic or international.
He said it speaks well of Davao City as a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Convention and Exhibits) destination.
Tesoro also said that the ATOP convention is always accompanied with tour packages but clarified it is not plain tour but an activity where tourism officers will be exposed to destinations to gain new ideas, knowledge as well as techniques on how tours are handled.
"It is more than a guided tour because there will be interaction as well as discussion in the area from policies to strategies and execution," he said.
He said the familiarization tour is among the much attended activity by the tourism frontliners because there will always be new things in the area that could be adopted back in their respective areas.