Mayor, Sagar lead city tourism council
Dumaguete City Mayor Agustin Perdices will personally lead in the campaign to promote the tourism potentials in the city as honorary chair, while Councilor-businessman Manuel Sagarbarria will be the functional tourism council chairman.
This, after an ordinance creating the tourism council authored by Councilor-
Businessman Manuel “Chiquiting” Sagarrbaria got the nod of his colleagues in
last Thursday’s regular session.

The local legislation entitled “An Ordinance Creating the Dumaguete City
Tourism Council and Delineating its Functions has Mayor Perdices as the honorary
chairman while Councilor Sagarrbaria who chairs the SP Committee on Tourism
and Culture serves as the functional council chairman The other members are
the city treasurer, tourism officer and a representative from the Negros Oriental
Resort and Restaurant Association (NOHHRA).

However, while the composition is explicitly provided in the ordinance, it also mandates Mayor Perdices to appoint other members if the need arises.

The newly created tourism council will serve as the city’s policy making body
with regards to the promotion and involvement of the tourism industry.

Councilor Sagarbarria emphasized that it is worthwhile advantage for the city
government to actively promote and uplift its tourism industry for its economic and
social advancement.

“The city holds several promising tourist attractions and picturesque sites that
require further exposure and development in order to appeal to tourists as well as
prospective investors” the councilor businessman further stressed.

Under the same set up, sub committees are also created, and these are finance,
publicity, events and promotions with specific functions.

The city’s tourism office will serve as the council’s secretariat. The city government has initially allocated P300,000 thousand pesos and that to sustained it, they are legally mandated to solicit or accept monies or in kind or in technology to achieve its purpose.

All their income are strictly stipulated and considered as public funds and treated as trust fund and will be deposited at the city treasurer’s office.

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