PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The City Tourism Department (CTD) is urging community residents and tourism-related establishments here to take up agricultural tourism in a bid to meet the growing food demand.
Aileen Cynthia Amurao, chief of the CTD, said Monday afternoon that there is limited supply of poultry and other meat products, particularly during the months of December to May.
“We heavily import meat products from Region 6 and Luzon. What if there’s a typhoon or a calamity and ships are prohibited to sail, where will we get our meat products?” Amurao asked.
She said the solution is for locals to set up backyard poultry and swine farms, as well as vegetable gardens in open spaces to make use of their free spaces.
“Grow something you can consume and sell for productivity’s sake,” she said.
Amurao cited in particular the fish cottages in Barangay Tiniguiban as examples of community-based sustainable tourism (CBST) focusing on agri-tourism.
“There’s an added value to it, like tourists can catch and feed fish and I really wanted to replicate it,” she added. (Keith Anthony Fabro/PNA)
