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Article: DAVAO CITY SHIFTS ITS TOURISM PROMOTION STRATEGY.
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- June 17, 2005
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DAVAO CITY, June 17 Asia Pulse - Tourism industry players have shifted their promotional strategy for Davao City in light of the unabated summary killings that have so far killed 118 people since January this year.
Speaking to reporters at the Club 888 Forum at The Marco Polo, Davao, Southern Philippines Tourism Council chair Mary Ann Montemayor said because of the summary executions, tourism leaders have decided to sell Davao City as a sports destination during a selling mission held recently in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea.
"Our strategy was focused on sports tourism, so whether or not there are tourism threats, they still come because of ...