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www.newscentralsite.com st rateg y to create economic oppor t unit ies in t he r ural areas. Gabor said t he conference ident ified how t hat President Benig no Aquino III is put- t ing tour ism on top of his agenda because of t he potent ial of t he indust r y to help re- duce pover t y. “We are going to build a lot of emphasis ing and eat ing w it h t he people. On his ret ur n to A mer ica he said, “This “That is how communit y-based r ural is t he way tour ism should be developed toTRANSCRIPT
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joy
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, th
e cu
l-tu
re o
f th
e p
eop
le a
nd
of c
ours
e, th
e fo
od
s in
th
e ar
ea y
ou a
re v
isit
ing.
“Th
at i
s h
ow
com
mu
nit
y-b
ased
ru
ral
tou
rism
sh
ould
be,
” sa
ys f
orm
er t
ouri
sm
secr
eta
ry a
nd
Su
bic
-bas
ed I
nte
rnat
ion
al
Sch
ool
of S
ust
ain
able
Tou
rism
(IS
ST
) ch
air-
per
son
Min
a G
abor
.
Gab
or,
in c
olla
bor
atio
n w
ith
th
e A
sian
Pr
od
uct
ivit
y O
rgan
izat
ion
(APO
), th
e D
evel
-op
men
t A
cad
emy
of t
he
Phil
ipp
ines
(D
AP)
, an
d th
e D
epar
tmen
t of T
ouri
sm, r
ecen
tly
or-
gan
ized
the
thre
e-d
ay N
atio
nal
Con
fere
nce
on
Pla
nn
ing
and
Dev
elop
ing
Com
mu
nit
y-B
ased
ru
ral
Tou
rism
hel
d a
t th
e Su
bic
Bay
E
xh
ibit
ion
an
d C
onve
nti
on C
ente
r (S
BEC
C).
G
abor
sai
d t
he
con
fere
nce
aim
ed t
o en
-h
ance
the
kn
owle
dge
of l
oca
l tou
rism
sta
ke-
hol
der
s on
th
e co
nce
pt o
f ru
ral t
ouri
sm a
s a
stra
teg
y to
cre
ate
econ
omic
op
por
tun
itie
s in
th
e ru
ral a
reas
.
Gab
or s
aid
the
con
fere
nce
iden
tifi
ed h
ow
to p
rom
ote
and
en
cou
rage
loca
l com
mu
nit
y su
pp
ort
thro
ugh
com
mu
nit
y-b
ased
ru
ral
tou
rism
(C
Br
T) w
hic
h c
ould
be
a b
ig b
oo
st
to lo
cal e
con
omie
s.
T
he
con
fere
nce
als
o sh
ow
case
d a
ssor
t-m
ent o
f lo
cal f
oo
d d
elic
acie
s fr
om d
iffe
ren
t p
rov
ince
s li
ke
Mor
con
an
d S
isig
Pam
pan
ga,
lum
pia
Bac
olo
d a
nd
Inas
al n
a M
anok
, Bag
-n
et Il
ocu
s, B
arb
aco
a an
d H
um
ba
of V
isay
as
and
a lo
t mor
e d
elec
tabl
e Fi
lip
ino
food
wh
ich
to
uri
sts
wou
ld s
ure
ly e
njo
y.
Gab
or n
arra
ted
th
at i
n 2
007,
an
ico
n i
n
info
rmat
ion
tec
hn
olog
y to
ok h
is b
ack
pac
k an
d w
ent
to h
is h
ome
in S
outh
Afr
ica
and
im
mer
sed
him
self
in th
e co
mm
un
ity,
dan
c-in
g an
d e
atin
g w
ith
th
e p
eop
le.
O
n h
is r
etu
rn t
o A
mer
ica
he
said
, “T
his
is
th
e w
ay t
ouri
sm s
hou
ld b
e d
evel
oped
to
enjo
y yo
ur
trav
el i
n d
iffe
ren
t co
un
trie
s.”
Th
e m
an,
Gab
or c
onti
nu
ed,
was
Mic
roso
ft
fou
nd
er B
ill G
ates
.
Du
rin
g th
e co
nfe
ren
ce,
Tou
rism
Sec
re-
tary
Alb
erto
lim
vo
wed
to
giv
e m
ore
atte
n-
tion
to ru
ral t
ouri
st d
esti
nat
ion
s, a
s lo
cal e
x-ec
uti
ves
and
tou
rism
sta
keh
old
ers
arou
nd
th
e co
un
try
con
veye
d t
hei
r su
pp
ort
to t
he
gov
ern
men
t’s
pro
gra
m o
n c
om
mu
nit
y-b
ased
tou
rism
par
ticu
larl
y in
ru
ral a
reas
.
Ad
dre
ssin
g m
ore
than
600
go
vern
ors,
m
ayor
s an
d lo
cal t
ouri
sm o
ffice
rs l
im s
aid
th
at P
resi
den
t B
enig
no
Aq
uin
o II
I is
pu
t-ti
ng
tou
rism
on
top
of
his
age
nd
a b
ecau
se
of t
he
pot
enti
al o
f th
e in
du
stry
to
hel
p r
e-d
uce
po
vert
y.
“W
e ar
e go
ing
to b
uil
d a
lot
of e
mp
has
is
on p
rod
uct
dev
elop
men
t in
th
e ru
ral a
reas
w
her
e p
ove
rty
is i
n t
he
hig
hes
t (l
evel
s),”
li
m s
aid
.
lim
sai
d t
hat
ove
r th
e ye
ars,
th
e D
oT
has
gra
nte
d s
ome
P55
mil
lion
to
abou
t 12
3 ru
ral c
omm
un
itie
s to
hel
p d
evel
op a
nd
im-
pro
ve in
dig
enou
s to
uri
sm p
rod
uct
s an
d fa
-ci
liti
es, a
s w
ell a
s fo
r tr
ain
ings
on
tou
r an
d
trek
gu
idin
g, n
ativ
e cr
aft m
akin
g, a
nd
loca
l fo
od
cat
erin
g.
T
he
fun
d w
as
gra
nte
d t
hro
ug
h t
he
Gra
ssro
ots
Entr
epre
neu
rs E
mp
loy
men
t an
d
Tou
rism
(G
rEE
T)
pro
gra
m,
wh
ich
aim
s to
ge
ner
ate
emp
loy
men
t an
d l
ivel
iho
od
wit
h
bal
ance
d e
colo
gy
and
en
vir
onm
enta
l p
ro-
tect
ion
to
pro
mot
e ec
o-t
ouri
sm s
ites
an
d
dev
elop
tou
rism
at
the
com
mu
nit
y le
vel.
Base
d on
the
rep
ort o
f th
e N
atio
nal
Sta
tist
ics
Offi
ce, l
im s
aid
that
alt
hou
gh t
he
tou
rism
in-
dust
ry ra
nks
nu
mbe
r fou
r as
fore
ign
exc
han
ge
earn
er, i
t is
now
nu
mbe
r on
e in
cre
atin
g jo
bs.
“T
hes
e jo
bs
are
job
s in
th
e ru
ral
area
s,
wh
ere
mo
st o
f ou
r m
ost
bea
uti
ful
attr
ac-
tion
s ca
n b
e fo
un
d,”
lim
ad
ded
.
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atio
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abor