Tuesday, August 20, 2013

San Jose dB, DOT train site guides for town's main attractions



The local government of San Jose de Buenavista in partnership with the Department of Tourism (DOT) conducted a tourist reception and basic tour guiding techniques seminar.

According to DOT, The seminar was designed to develop and improve the performance of front-liners in rendering first rate professional service in the tourism industry.

Moreover, the LGU hopes to improve the service in its main tourist attractions - Farmville and the Marine Protected Area especially the Coastal Resource Management (CRM) Mini Galley.

Farmville is an LGU-owned demo farm for integrated organic farming, which offers tour, lectures and training on organic farming techniques.

The CRM Mini Galley offers discovery tour of the marine ecosystem and environmental protection and conservation while the Marine Protected Area is open for snorkeling activities thru the CRM Mini Galley.

Participants from allied services such as accommodation establishments and souvenir/ craft shop also attended the training.

On the last day of the training, a mock tour was conducted to assess the compentency of the participants.




Mayor Rony Molina hopes to conduct tourist reception training to tricycle and jeepney drivers in the Municipality. 






2 comments:

  1. It was not clear where the seminar was held.. I mean the venue.. can you please specify i need the complete and exact details. Thanks.

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  2. Hi! It was a three-day seminar. Very compressed and very focused training for site guides. It was held at Adeliade Tourist Inn, (Bantayan, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique) one of the few DOT-Accredited Accommodation Establishment in Antique. Thank you for the comment.

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