• 2 months ago
General Santos eyes to promote city’s medical tourism

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00:00General Santos City is known as the tuna capital of the Philippines and when visiting the city,
00:07it would be foolish to skip the joys and healthful benefits of eating tuna.
00:10Here in Gensan, tuna is everywhere in the market, constituting a huge part of the city's
00:15economy.
00:16According to Marlon, who has been selling tuna for 20 years, tuna has helped his family
00:20a lot.
00:29He said there are times sales are weak but with the month of December is approaching,
00:33he expects a bigger profit.
00:34From here, the city further strengthens its tourism sector by expanding their tourism
00:38portfolio.
00:39We are going beyond tuna.
00:40The tuna industry is becoming a landmark for Gensan Espresso Tourism.
00:50So we are venturing towards medical tourism, fun farms.
00:56We have several sites here for farm tourism.
00:59In addition, they want to promote the city's medical tourism.
01:02He stressed, there are a number of hospitals in the city that can provide the necessary
01:06medical services.
01:07Gensan also serves as a gateway to the Soxergen region because of its airport and seaport.
01:12It is a win-win for the local government to strengthen other aspects of the city's tourism
01:16industry.
01:17To maximize being the gateway, we have our MICE facilities.
01:21So we have facilities for meetings, incentives, conferences, conventions, expositions, exhibits.
01:28Now Gensan is becoming to be a host of diversified industries.
01:35Now we are hosting already a lot of service industries, financial industries, retail industries,
01:43manufacturing industries, and now the recent boom means our health facilities.
01:50He added, the contribution of tourism to the city's economy is estimated at around
01:5430-40%.
01:55Likewise, its contribution to the overall tourism of the region is substantial as the
02:00city serves as a gateway to other nearby tourist sites.
02:02Also, the LGU plans to ultimately transform into a smart and sustainable city.
02:07Last year, the city recorded 1.5 million tourist arrivals while tourism receipts hit 1.9 billion
02:12pesos.
02:13And for this year, the city targets to reach 1.7 million tourist arrivals.
02:17Rod Logused, from the National TV Network, for a new and better Philippines.

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