Edge Davao 9 Issue 147

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VOL. 9 ISSUE 147 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - 19, 2016

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P 15.00 • 32 PAGES LIGHT MOMENT. President Duterte shares a light moment with businessman Ramon Ang, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, and Alfonso Tan during the wedding of Waldo and Regine Carpio at San Agustin Church in Intramurous, Manila on Friday afternoon. KING RODRIGUEZ/ PPD

DAVAO’S TOURISM RECOVERING:CTOO By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

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HE City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) is optimistic that the city’s tourism sector will regain its lost momentum in the coming weeks. According to CTOO Chief Regina Rosa Tecson, the city’s tourism industry is still at the recovery stage following the deadly Roxas night market blast last Sept. 2, which killed 15 people and injured 19 others. Tecson revealed that hotel occupancy in the city decreased by 20 to 30 percent from Sept. 2 to 9 after the bombing incident “The hotel’s occupancy right now is at 75%,” she said. Tecson said that despite the slowdown the sector is experiencing, tourism-related activities are starting to pick

up as Mayor Sara DuterteCarpio has encouraged not only the people of Davao, but visitors as well, not be cowed by the tragic incident. “We have to give the credit to Mayor Sara Duterte because she has set the tone. She has boosted the morale of the public since the incident took place” she said, “She has rallied everybody and told them to on theirr feet and show that they are not afraid,” she added. Tecson stressed that the confidence of tourists in the city has returned due to the

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