Popular spots still get bulk of tourism roads budget | Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo

In file photo: For lack of efficient transportation, locals in most Philippine rural areas commute daily and dangerously in overloaded vehicles, such as this jeepney in Sagada, Mountain Province.THE Department of Public Works and Highways has been allocated some P13.97 billion to build access roads and bridges to declared tourism destinations, under a convergence program with the Department of Tourism .

DBM documents said these funds will be used for the “construction, reconstruction, upgrading, and improvement of roads and bridges” under Tourism Road Infrastructure Program . Next year’s P13.97-billion TRIP budget is 21 percent less than this year’s funding of P17.7 billion. Under the baseline scenario of the NTDP 2023-2028, the DOT is trying to attract 7.7 million international travelers and encourage 93.5 million domestic trips for 2024. The agency also projects visitor receipts of P5.5 billion from foreign guests and P2.21 trillion from domestic travelers that same year. Said visitor receipts are aimed to generate P2.4 trillion in tourism gross value-added and increase the tourism sector’s share to 10.

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

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