Students of the different high schools and colleges in Victorias City attended the first Tourism Awareness Symposium at the City Livelihood and Training Center last Sept. 3.
The participating schools were Colegio de Sta. Ana de Victorias, Negros State College of Agriculture – Victorias Campus, Don Felix Montinola Memorial College, Jack & Jill School Castleson High, Negros Occidental National Science High School, St. Mary Mazzarello School, and Victorias National High School.
Provincial Senior Tourism Operations Officer Jennylind Cordero and Silay City Tourism Officer Severino Pacete, the resource speakers, shared important and essential insights on their topics, Community Based Tourism – its importance and composition and Tourism as an Industry – its contribution to the economy, respectively.
Vice Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca along with councilors, Audie Malaga, Vincent Marie Roa , Rene Imperial, and Teresita Bartolome were also present in the activity.
Different topics on tourism-related issues were tackled and awakened the interest of the participants during the interaction and open forum.
The symposium is one of the efforts of the City of Victorias thru the Tourism Office under Joy Famini which aims to increase the awareness of students, making them more involved in the area of tourism in the City and locality.
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