Article: Philippines: Malapascua gets P1.7M for waste program.

Byline: sanjayc03

The Department of Tourism (DOT) gave P1.7 million to Barangay (village) Logon, Malapascua island in northern Cebu to implement a solid waste management program and sustain tourist arrivals in the island.This is part of department's vision to make Malapascua a world class eco-tourism destination, said Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano. It is in eco-tourism products that the Philippines can be competitive. To revive the European market, we pushed scuba diving and look where it led us? Despite the crisis, French, German arrivals are still up, Durano said.

Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan town, one of the country's top diving ...

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