Cebu, DOT to promote tourism with 2 Singaporean schools

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1011197
• Friday, September 29, 2017 2:18 pm

By Luel Galarpe with reports from USJR intern Levirose Caballero (PNA)

CEBU CITY -- The Cebu provincial government and Department of Tourism on Friday forged an exchange program agreement with two polytechnic schools in Singapore to promote tourism and hospitality capability development.

Temasek Polytechnic and Republic Polytechnic schools of Singapore will send instructors for the training program with their partners from the tourism and hospitality sector here in Cebu.

Governor Hilario Davide III said that since the parties agreed for an exchange program, Cebu will also be sending delegates to Singapore to share “our best practices in tourism.”

The provincial government has yet to name the local partners for the exchange program which will start next year and will run for 36 months.

Temasek and Republic chose to team up with Cebu after seeing the enormous possibilities for tourism development in the province.

Republic school principal Yeo Li Pheow said a lot about tourism and hospitality can be learned from Cebu. He also dared local tourism stakeholders to come up with more remarkable ideas.

Tourism Undersecretary Alma Jimenez, who witnessed the signing, expressed her support and is optimistic that the program will be a success.