Tourist Rest Areas for PHL’s top destination – Cebu

Tourist Rest Areas in Cebu

Team Out of Town Blog Hub (Outoftownblog.com) – The Groundbreaking and Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing for the series of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority’s (TIEZA) Tourist Rest Areas (TRA) continued today (October 8) in Cebu towns of Carmen and Medellin.

“Today we are breaking ground on the tourist rest areas in Carmen and Medellin. Our President Bongbong Marcos has said that tourism has the potential to become a major economic pillar for the Philippine resurgence. And he has clearly identified tourism as a priority in his administration,” said Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco during the MOA signing in Barangay Poblacion, Carmen.

“The establishment of the Tourist Rest Areas fulfills the objectives that we have set out in the Department of Tourism including improving the overall tourist experience. This is a very strategic place to put the TRA because it is right along the highway and Carmen, (Cebu) is the middle point to the rest of our destinations here in Cebu. Our goal is to ensure that our tourists feel comfortable in their journey as they travel across the country,” the Secretary added.

Secretary Frasco likewise underscored the necessity of putting in place a Tourist Rest Area for travelers in Cebu, a province that has consistently figured in the top three most frequented destinations in the past three years according to data submitted to the DOT by accommodation establishments across the country.

As had been noted during the earlier TRA launchings, the rest areas are meant to deliver comfort and ease of travel to tourists and transients traveling to different tourist destinations in the country. Other than the crucial restrooms that are a necessity to the traveling public, the TRAs will also include a coffee shop, pasalubong and souvenir store, information center and a charging station.