TACLOBAN CITY – “Know Leyte First” is the program of Abuyog Sangguniang Bayan which is an initiative of Councilor Nathaniel Piscos that aims for his fellow councilors to know and be familiarized with the different tourism spots and sites in Leyte.
Abuyog town is known not just in the region but in the entire country due to its Buyogan Festival that had been receiving numerous awards in various festival competitions in the country along with the Sinulog Festival of Cebu and Aliwan Festival in Manila.
In an interview with Leyte Samar Daily Express, Piscos explained that said program was initiated to make his fellow council members aware of the different tourist spots in the province that will be their contribution in the tourism promotion program as they will be equipped with knowledge where they will take their visitors.
“If we have knowledge on where are these tourist spots then we can easily take our visitors to those places and at the same time we can also be their tour guides, that is why we need to be familiarized first with the different beautiful spots of our province by conducting visits on each sites,” Piscos explained.
Aside from being familiar with various tourism sites on the province, Piscos added that “Know Leyte First” will also help his fellow council members including those in the barangay level on the new agricultural technology as their visits and study will not only focus on tourist sites but agriculture and industry development areas as well.
“We also wanted our council members to be familiar with technology of agriculture because most of us in the council, especially in the barangay levels, are farmers,” Piscos explained.
Among the agriculture and industrial areas where they are planning to conduct a study tour is the Visayas State University in Baybay City, a premier agricultural institution in the country and the Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer (Philphos) located in Isabel, Leyte.
“VSU is an agricultural school and they have the technical knowledge and new techniques on farming an livestock production which they can share with ourmembers,” Piscos said while their visit to Philphos will allow them to be familiarized with the proper usae of fertilizer that is important for farmers in orde to generate a better harvest production.
Piscos added that knoledge that they acquire in the tourism and agriculture study tour will be forwarded to their constituents to various programs and projects that is to be aided with a local legislation to be enforced in their municipality. (ROEL AMAZONA)
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