Chinese-American delegation tours Cebu and Bohol

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/business/2016/03/02/chinese-american-delegation-tours-cebu-and-bohol-460425
• Thursday, March 3, 2016

By Katlene O. Cacho

A GROUP of Chinese-American tourists arrived in Cebu yesterday to explore trade and tourism potentials of Cebu and Bohol.

Rajah Tours Philippines chairman Alejandra Clemente, in an interview yesterday, said about 28 business and civic leaders joined this year’s San Francisco-Manila Sister City Committee (SFMSCC) tour and they requested for a sidetrip to Cebu and Bohol for the first time.

Rajah Tours is the official tour handler of SFMSCC.

SMFCC is an organization that serves as a cultural and economic link between Manila and San Francisco, presenting the best of San Francisco to the Philippines, and in turn showcasing the best of the Philippines to the San Francisco Bay Area.

“Their primary purpose is to look for investments in the country and foster cultural relations between Filipino-Americans and Asian-Americans,” said Clemente.

The delegation led by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee will be here for three days and two nights, with two days to be spent in Bohol.

Clemente said the Cebu-Bohol itinerary came up following the request of the group to tour other tourism destinations in the country. Cebu, she said, is already gaining popularity in the US in terms of tourism and investments.

“The climate of investment here is good,” she said.

Aside from the Cebu City Tour, the delegation also visited Profood International Corp. and the dancing inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center.

The team will also embark on a Suroy-Suroy Sugbo tour in the south and will pay a courtesy visit to the Province of Cebu.

“The group is impressed with the Cebu culture. They are impressed with the overwhelming welcome reception of the Cebuanos,” she said.