Samar Is. only needs tourism promotion to raise income of residents, LGUs – Cong. Remulla

TACLOBAN CITY – The government should create a program infrastructure that will drive to promote the tourism capability of Samar to enable its residents to be employed to help improve their living conditions and provide income to the local government units.
This was stressed by Cavite Representative Crispin Remulla who was in the region for a speaking engagement of a graduation ceremony at the Eastern Samar Comprehensive High School.

Remulla said that strengthening the tourism capability of a province like Samar will help to improve their internal economy leading for its residents to have a source of income locally that will make them not seek for employment abroad.

“If we can just develop our tourism potential, nobody can beat us, because we have the best people, the best skills and the most beautiful country,” Remulla stressed.

However, the lack of support from the government like in the local level to the major tourism players and tourism site developers had pave way to the slow development and promotion of possible tourism sites in the country, he lamented.

He added that Samar Island is one among the beautiful places in the country and consider a paradise for tourists as some of its wonders are not yet explored and its scenery is majestic as people traveling along the coastal road will have the pleasure to see various rock formations, islands, the Leyte Gulf and the vast Pacific Ocean.

“But the problem of Samar is that most of its residents are poor, where more than 53% of the population can be considered as a very big problem,” Remulla pointed out..

However, Remulla said that although Samar is abundant with different natural wonders and even minerals that can be mined, its richness can’t be measured in these God given gift but on the skills of its people.

“If only people in the province of Samar has enough skills and knowledge which they can use for livelihood through the help of tourism maybe their condition will improve,” said Remulla, adding that in the province of Cavite, there are more than 200,000 “Waray-waray” residents scattered in four municipalities of said province and 90% of said population are all employed.

He added that the lack of tourism facility support and infrastructure had contributed to the minimal contribution of tourism sector to the economy of Samar provinces.

“If the government can only provide infrastructure and the local government can only give incentives to people who wanted to invest in tourism these would mean a lot of help in areas like Samar,” Remulla added. (ROEL AMAZONA)