Philippine Department of Tourism aims to create 3,000 new Tourism jobs in 2009

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The Department of Tourism is confident to create 3,000 new jobs this year in support to President Arroyo’s program to provide one million new jobs in the first six months of 2009, as it eyes 3 to 4 million tourist arrivals this year.

Despite the global financial crunch, Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano is confident of continued tourism activities and attain its target within range of 3-4 million tourist arrivals this year owing to the momentum generated by the agency’s aggressive sales blitz in its major and emerging tourism markets including China, Russia and other European countries.

The DOT secretary expects the new hotel rooms totaling about 3,000 that would be opened up this year would yield 3,000 new jobs based on the one is to one ratio.

Durano launched recently the DOT’s Tourism Apprentice Program another “investment” of the department to train students of tourism-related course as DOT’s ambassadors by exposing them to our tourism destinations.

These include Davao, Palawan, Cebu, Boracay, Iloilo, Bohol and Bacolod. Durano stressed the Philippines has edge over its neighboring countries owing to its variety of choices in beauty and bounty.

“We are a blessed country, so much beauty and so much bounty. Our destinations offer different charm and different experiences,” Durano said.

The apprentice program will tap graduating students from private schools as well as state-owned schools with the support of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

The private schools included in the program are the Arellano University, University of Sto.Tomas, Centro Escolar University, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, College of the Holy Spirit, De Ocampo Memorial School, Emilio Aguinaldo College, St. Scholastica’s College, Sta. Catalina College, University of Manila, San Beda College, University of the East, Far Eastern University, Feati University, Lyceum of the Philippines, Philippine Women’s University, San Sebastian College Recoletos, St. Jude college and St. Paul University, Manila.

With the freeze of hiring abroad due to the global financial crisis, Durano expects graduates of tourism-related courses to be employed in the Philippines.

The bustling activities in the tourism sector are manifestations of the confidence of investors like the Ayalas and George Yang of the McDonald”s chain.

The two Filipino investors are putting in money in improving the Caticlan airport near Boracay. The Department of Tourism is eyeing the five-million mark in tourism arrivals by 2010, when the global economy is expected to bounce back.

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