Nasa 1.7-M tourist arrivals, target maabot ng General Santos City LGU ngayong taon;

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Nasa 1.7-M tourist arrivals, target maabot ng General Santos City LGU ngayong taon;   Turismo sa tuna, nais ring palakasin at palawakin ng General Santos City For more news, visit:  ►https://www.ptvnews.ph/  Subscribe to our DailyMotion Channel: ►http://www.dailymotion.com/peoples-television-incorporated  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ►http://www.youtube.com/ptvphilippines  Like our Facebook pages: ►PTV: http://facebook.com/PTVph  ►Rise and Shine Pilipinas: https://www.facebook.com/riseandshinepilipinas  Follow us on Twitter:  ►http://twitter.com/PTVph  Follow us on Instagram: ►https://www.instagram.com/ptvph  Watch our livestream on:  ►http://ptvnews.ph/livestream/ ►https://www.dailymotion.com/PTVPhilippines  Watch our News Programs, every Mondays to Fridays  Rise and Shine Pilipinas - 6:00 - 8:00 am Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon - 12:00 - 1:00 pm Sentro Balita - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Ulat Bayan - 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PTV News Tonight -  9:30 pm - 10:30 pm  Saturday & Sunday: ►Ulat Bayan Weekend - 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm

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00:00Aside from being the tuna capital of the Philippines,

00:03the local government of General Santos City also aims to expand and strengthen

00:08their wealth and increase tourism.

00:13In Agni Talie, with the report of Rod Lagusan.

00:19General Santos City is known as the tuna capital of the Philippines.

00:22And if you come here, you should not miss the chance to taste it.

00:26On the left and right, you can see the tuna growing in the families here

00:30that is a big part of the economy of the city.

00:32Marlon has been selling tuna for 20 years.

00:35He has helped a lot of tuna in his family.

00:38It's big, big, big.

00:40This is also what I am selling.

00:42This is also what I am selling every day to my family.

00:47Although he has a rare chance to sell tuna,

00:49now that December is coming,

00:51Marlon hopes that their sales will be even stronger.

00:55From here, the tourism of the city will continue to grow.

00:58This is the expansion of their tourism portfolio.

01:01We are going beyond tuna.

01:03The tuna industry is becoming a landmark for Gensan Espresso Tourism.

01:12So we are venturing towards medical tourism, fun farms.

01:18We have several sites here for farm tourism.

01:21They also want to strengthen medical tourism in the city.

01:24There are many hospitals here that can provide the necessary medical services.

01:29Gensan also serves as a gateway to Soksal Gen

01:31because of the airport and seaport here.

01:34That's why they sell it in the city

01:35to strengthen other aspects of their tourism.

01:39To maximize being the gateway, we have our MICE facilities.

01:43We have facilities for meetings, incentives, conferences, conventions,

01:48expositions, exhibits.

01:50Now, Gensan is becoming to be a host of diversified industries.

01:57Now, we are hosting already a lot of service industries,

02:00financial industries, retail industries,

02:04manufacturing industries.

02:06And now, the recent booming of our facilities.

02:12He says that 30 to 40 percent of the tourism budget is in the economy of the city.

02:17Aside from this, his contribution is to the overall tourism of the city.

02:21LGU also plans to be a smart and sustainable city.

02:24Last year, the city recorded 1.5 million tourist arrivals

02:29while the tourism receipts are at 1.9 billion pesos.

02:32The target of the city this year is to reach 1.7 million tourist arrivals.

02:37Rod Laguzed for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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