Iloilo showcases tourist destinations and festivals in ‘Tumandok Festival’

ILOILO CITY, Oct. 3 (PNA) – Residents here are given the opportunity to see and witness the potential tourist destinations and festivals of the different municipalities and component city of the province of Iloilo through the four-day staging of the ‘Tumandok Festival’ that kicked off Monday.

This was bared by provincial tourism officer Gilbert Marin who conceptualized the ‘Tumandok Festival’ in partnership with May Panes, a faculty at the St. Paul University (SPU) here.

“Tumandok is a combination of both, a destination setting and festival presentations,” he said.

Marin said that the festival is the local version of the Philippine Travel Mart and the Wow Philippines projects of the Department of Tourism (DOT).

“We combined these two events and planned out to stage it locally so that other municipalities can also avail of the experience,” he said. “It is now on its fourth year and has been chosen as one of the 10 best practices in local governance for Iloilo province.”

Eleven towns have participated in the activity that will culminate Thursday afternoon.

It is being held this year in partnership with the University of San Agustin (USA), Central Philippine University (CPU) and the Asian Business School for Economics (ABE) that offer tourism courses.