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LOBOCANONG
KATAHUM. Two of the artworks featuring the natural and cultural wealth of
Bohol's music town that will be on display at the Loboc convento in an exhibit
called Lobocanong Katahum, which will be open to the viewing public starting on
Thursday, June 26. |  | | Senior
high school students of the first congressional district of Bohol will come under
the spotlight next week as the Bohol Island Tour Guides Association of the Philippines,
Inc. (BITGAP) quizzes them on Bohol's tourism sights, standards, arts and culture.
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Organized
by BITGAP, an organization of Department of Tourism-accredited tour guides in
the Province of Bohol, the Annual Provincial Tourism Quiz seeks to generate awareness
and strengthen knowledge and appreciation of Bohol's pride and ecotourism assets
among young Boholanos.
Participants
from various high schools in the first congressional district (except Tagbilaran
City) will converge at the New Calape Cultural Center and Sports Complex on Friday,
June 27, 2008, 1:00 pm for the 1st leg of the competition. The academic feat is
open to the public.
The
competition will feature teams composed of two senior high school students.
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believes that graduating students even in the towns should have a grasp on and
exposure to the tourism industry in Bohol.
The
Quiz will consist of two rounds -- the elimination and finals. The three teams
with the highest scores in the elimination round will move on to the final round,
and the team with highest score at the end of the final round (either municipal
or city level) will be declared the Champion. Fabulous prizes await the lucky
winners in the elimination as well as the Championship round. Two teams of overall
champion shall be declared - one at the district level and another at the city
level. | "We
are having this and the succeeding year's competition at the district level in
order to give high school students from the various towns greater opportunity
to participate in the contest," says BITGAP President Danny C. Nazareno.
In the past eight years, the quiz was conducted only during the tourism month
in September when high school students from the municipalities all over the Province
usually come to Tagbilaran City for the competition. "This year's competition
will be different as we will only be requiring the winners in the elimination
round to come to Tagbilaran City for the championship round," Nazareno stressed.
This is also to celebrate BITGAP's ten years of professional tour guiding services
for sustainable development in the Province of Bohol.
The
second and third congressional districts elimination level will be in Ubay and
Carmen, respectively. It will be held on July 25 for the second district and August
29 for the third district. Winners in the elimination round will vie for the finals
in the morning of September 20, 2008 in Tagbilaran City. The City high schools
will have their elimination and final round in the afternoon of the same day.
The
local government unit executives of the different host towns have already committed
their all-out support to the competition. In separate meetings with the Committee
on the 9th Annual Provincial Tourism Quiz 2008, Mayors Sulpicio Yu, Jr. of Calape,
Eutiquio M. Bernales of Ubay and Manuel R. Molina of Carmen did not hesitate to
throw their hats of support as hosts to the yearly event. They will provide the
venue and other logistical requirements for the successful conduct of the competition.
Various
tourism stakeholders who realized the significance of the activity also rallied
behind BITGAP. These include BQ Mall, Gerry's Grill, Bohol Beach Club, Amarela
Beach Resort, Panglao Island Nature Resort and Spa, Vest Pension House, JJ's Seafood
Village, Congressman Edgar M. Chatto and Vice-Governor Julius Ceasar Herrera,
to name a few major sponsors. Other supporters include Julies Bakeshop -Bohol
branches, Weesam Express, Long River Floating Restaurant and Supercarp of Loboc.
Invitation
letters have also been sent to the Department of Education, City Schools Division
and the Bohol Association of Catholic Schools (Talibon and Tagbilaran City) for
their schools within their jurisdiction to join. Confirmation slips of participating
schools can be submitted at the Department of Education Office or at the Bohol
Tourism Office, Capitol building, Tagbilaran City.
Tourism
Quiz 2008 Committee Chairman Mr. Marc Brian Mascarinas said that BITGAP expects
high schools, most especially in the municipalities, to send two participants
each to the Quiz. "The participants from the municipalities will now have
the opportunity to grab the championship trophy and fabulous prizes considering
that we have made the competition accessible to them by holding it within their
district and we will also be providing traveling allowance for the winners in
the elimination round including their coaches who will vie for the finals in Tagbilaran
City," Mascarinas further explained.
BITGAP's
district level competition precedes the 9th Annual Provincial Tourism Quiz Championship
Round--- the search for the country's young tourism whizzes --- on September 20,
2008, as part of BITGAP's activities for the National Tourism Week celebration.
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