Pangasinan to celebrate Tourism Month in September

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LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, July 31 (PNA) -- The province of Pangasinan will celebrate Tourism Month in September with Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim as chairman of the Provincial Steering Committee.

Gov. Amado Espino Jr. named Calimlim to head the steering committee he created to oversee the successful implementation of the different programs and activities during the 2025 Tourism Month this coming September.

This is in line with Executive Order No. 0063-2015 pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 894 which officially declaring the month of September as the National Tourism Week all over the country.

In view of this, the provincial board approved Resolution No. 401-2014 which declared the month of September as Pangasinan Tourism Month.

The executive order signed by the governor states that ”observance of the occasion is aimed at instilling national consciousness on tourism as an instrument of progress towards an accelerated national development, unity, and identity as a nation.”

With this, the executive order added that the Department of Tourism enjoins local government units, national agencies and the private sector to actively support and participate in the celebration by initiating various activities that will raise tourism awareness and promote the industry.

Named vice chairman of the steering committee is Maria Luisa A. Elduayan, Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Officer; with Provincial Board Secretary Atty. Verna Nava Perez; Orpheus M. Velasco (Provincial Information Office); Engr. Antonieta C. Delos Reyes (Provincial Engineer’s Office); Dalisay Moya (Prov’l. Agriculturist Office); Col. Rolando Diaz (General Services Office); Director Martin S. Valera (Dept. Of Tourism-Region I); Director Cherrie Melanie Anchieta-Diego (Commission on Higher Education); Mayor Noel Nacar (Pangasinan Mayors’ League); Dr. Gerardo U. Acosta (Pangasinan Tourism Officers Association); Enrique Esguerra (Pangasinan Tour Guides Association); and, Michelle Lioanag (Pangasinan Visitors Bureau).

All city and municipal mayors are included as members as well as all schools division superintendents of the Department of Education.

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