President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. was exceptional in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) and we thank our President profusely for highlighting the crucial role that tourism plays as a reliable pillar of our economic growth, providing livelihood to more than 5 million of our fellow citizens. The President’s “Whole-of-Nation” approach to development we take as an affirmation of his administration’s thrust towards strengthened tourism governance between and among all stakeholders of the tourism industry.
As an industry that banks and thrives on the scale of infrastructure development, we are elated to know the President’s continuing commitment to connect “all prospective sites of economic development” noting that this will spur tourism development countrywide, and consequently, create more livelihood opportunities for Filipinos through tourism.
The breaching of the 3 million mark of our year-end projection is just a preview of the bright prospects we can expect from the tourism industry under the Marcos administration.
I express my profound gratitude to President Marcos for saying to the world what all Filipinos and all
have been here know to be true in our hearts: we all Love The Philippines. And it is this deep love of country that will propel the tourism industry forward towards becoming a tourism powerhouse in Asia.