TACLOBAN CITY – Tacloban’s fiesta this year would not be lavish as the city government will implement an austerity measure, thus declared Councilor Cristina Romualdez.
Romualdez made this pronouncements during the special session held by the city council last Monday.
The council members conducted the special session to approve a supplemental budget for the giving of cash incentives to the city employees.
It was learned from Romualdez, that her commitee has discussed on measures to limit the city’s expenses which include the city fiesta celebration this June.
This pronouncement of Romualdez was an indirect admission that the city administration has been spending too much during the fiesta celebration, Councilor Jerry Yaokasin said.
“It is good to hear that because they must have been spending too much,” Yaokasin said.
The city government spend around P7 million to P10 million every city fiesta based on documents that they have obtained,Yaokasin said.
“If they had turned it over to the private sector or a private organization, the city government might not be spending anything as the private sector has more capability of handling it and they can get more advertisements,” Yaokasin added.“This will be a welcome move if they will really do it,” he added.
Furthermore, Yaokasin stressed that if the city government really intends to promote the tourism industry of the city, they must create a slogan or come up with a tourism infrastructure that will promote the city.
“City fiesta is held only once a year, what the city government needs is to make a program that will promote the city government the whole year, reason for tourists to visit us whole year round,” Yaokasin said.
Yaokasin added that the city government must learn to adopt the tourism promotion program of Cebu, Davao and Bohol, that are among the top tourism hubs in the Visayas and the Mindanao region.
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