Surigao City: A major tourist destination by 2020

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SURIGAO CITY – City officials in this fast-rising “City of Island Adventures” are working to transform it into a major destination in the Southern Philippines by the year 2020.

– City officials in this fast-rising “City of Island Adventures” are working to transform it into a major destination in the Southern Philippines by the year 2020.

The city officials are working hard to improve the “Bonok-Bonok” ethnic festival and “Dragon boat” festival, which are among the city’s most entertaining yearly activities to make it more globally competitive in the tourism industry. In 2018, tourist arrivals in these areas were 206,411 with most of them coming from the USA, Australia, China, Canada, and Germany.Last week, along with former city mayor and concurrent Vice-Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas, his son incumbent Surigao City Mayor Ernesto “Estong” U. Matugas, Jr., inked an agreement with the officials of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority for the approved construction of P16,850,000.00 Mangrove Forest Walkway at Barangay Day-asan.

 

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