By Dominic B. Dela Cruz
Staff reporter
Laoag
City—The city government here is urging
local business establishments to help in the promotion of the city’s tourism
industry.
To speed up this process, the
Sangguniang Panlungsod recently passed a resolution requesting establishments
to also display shirts with the printed name of the city or any other landmark
in the city.
Laoag councilor Joseph H.
Tamayo, sponsor of the measure, said that the shirts he usually sees being worn
in the city are printed with the names of the country’s different cities or
features their prime tourism destinations.
He then said he decided to
craft the resolution to urge local businesses to also print display shirts that
feature Laoag.
Mr. Tamayo also enjoined the
public to create unique designs for the city’s tourist spots as a means to
attract domestic and foreign tourists.
He added that this will also
promote the city whenever and wherever these shirts are worn.
Mr. Tamayo disclosed further
that only a few establishments in the city offer such shirts and tourists,
especially foreigners, are having a hard time finding shirts to buy.
Meanwhile, Laoag Mayor
Chevylle V. Fariñas welcomed the resolution as she said this is another way to
promote the city.
The city government is also
studying where to put up a permanent “Pasalubong Center” in the city.
Presently, two centers have
been put up by the city, at the Aurora Park and at the Laoag City Commercial
Center.
The “Pasalubong Center” will
be included in the planned “Empanada Center” to which the mayor is hopeful
would be realized next year if funds for the project becomes available.
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