Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco announced the prioritization of culinary tourism as among the country’s multidimensional tourism product offerings.
Frasco made the statement at the World Chefs Asia President Forum 2023 held in Pasay City recently.
Worldchefs is a non-political professional organization dedicated to maintaining and improving the culinary standards of global cuisines.
Worldchefs is a non-political professional organization dedicated to maintaining and improving the culinary standards of global cuisines through membership education, training, and professional development.
Founded in October 1928 at the Sorbonne in Paris, the World Association of Chefs’ Societies is a global network of chefs’ associations.
During her speech, the tourism chief expressed her gratitude to the chefs who purveyed their love for food, resulting in the propagation of their respective countries’ cultures and identities.
“Our President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. envisions the Philippines to have a primary role in Asia, in terms of being able to reintroduce itself to the world.”
“Our President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. envisions the Philippines to have a primary role in Asia, in terms of being able to reintroduce itself to the world, not only on the aspect of fun and adventure, but most importantly, to allow you to get to know the heart and soul of the Filipinos that lies in our history, our heritage, our identity, and our living cultural traditions, including, and especially, our culinary traditions,” the tourism head said.
The three-day forum, co-hosted by DOT’s attached agency, the Tourism Promotions Board Philippines (TPB), brought together some 100 delegates from 18 countries in the food and beverage (F&B) and hospitality industries, including leaders, professionals, educators, suppliers, Philippine Culinary Cup judges, and competitors from member countries of different Asia-Pacific chefs associations.
“Under the National Tourism Development Plan recently approved by President Marcos, one of the objectives identified by the DOT is the importance of multidimensional tourism, to ensure that when tourists come to the Philippines, they are able to enjoy the width, length, and breadth of our offerings. And that is why we’re here to support culinary and gastronomic tourism,” she added.
The LTB Philippines Chefs Association, the premier chefs’ association in the Philippines and a national member of the World Association of Chefs’ Societies or Worldchefs, organized the event.
