THE city government is seeking to restore one of its major tourism programs, the ‘Pawil Dagupan’.

Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo, chair of the committee on tourism, broached the   proposal before the city council Thursday. 

Tamayo wants the ‘Pawil Dagupan’ program restored this year and in 2008 to encourage overseas Dagupenos to come home in December for the yuletide season which coincides with the city fiesta.

“It is the auspicious time to revive ‘Pawil Dagupan’, which was a major tourism program during the first term of office of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. in 1992,” said Tamayo.

“It should be re-launched as a dynamic tourism program now that Mayor Fernandez is back in the saddle, along with Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez,” he added.

Vice Mayor Fernandez was a councilor when ‘Pawil Dagupan’ was still a yearly happening.

Tamayo expects Dagupan to become a beehive of tourists again with the re-launching of the program.

Dagupan needs tourists as well as investors in order to enhance its growth as a fast-rising metropolis in northern Philippines, Tamayo said.

TONDALIGAN

The city council is also currently reviewing a proposed redevelopment plan for the Tondaligan Park, the top tourist destination in the city.

The full implementation of the plan will cost P25 million, of which P5.7 million has already been provided for in the city Annual Investment Plan, said City Planning and Development Officer Romeo Rosario.—LM

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