THE Department of Tourism (DOT) and Local Government Unit (LGU) of Lingayen, Pangasinan, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Thursday, (February 13) at the Sison Auditorium, in connection with the soon to rise Tourist Rest Area in Lingayen.
The agreement was signed by DOT Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, Pangasinan Governor Ramon Guico III, and Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) Assistant Chief Operating Officer Gregory Oller.
The MOA outlines the responsibilities of each party in the construction, management, and maintenance of the TRA, a flagship infrastructure project of the DOT aimed at enhancing tourist convenience.
Fully funded and constructed by the DOT through TIEZA, the TRA will be managed and operated by the Lingayen LGU. This initiative reflects the shared commitment of both national and local governments to strengthening Pangasinanโs tourism infrastructure and improving visitor experiences.
In her keynote address, Tourism Secretary Frasco expressed her gratitude for the warm reception from the people of Pangasinan, recalling her multiple visits to the province, where she had the opportunity to learn about its rich history, the bravery of its people, and their industrious spirit.
Secretary Frasco emphasized that the Marcos administration prioritizes tourism infrastructure development at the local level, recognizing its crucial role in making destinations globally competitive.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด,โ she said.
She also reaffirmed the DOTโs commitment to supporting Pangasinanโs tourism vision, promising further collaborations on infrastructure, roads, and other investments that will solidify the provinceโs status as a premier tourist destination in the country.
With optimism and gratitude, Governor Guico expressed his enthusiasm for the TRA in Lingayen. โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ,โ he added.
Lingayenโs TRA joins five others in Luzon, two of which have already been turned over to the LGUs in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, and Roxas, Palawan. The TRA in Baguio City, Benguet, is set for completion this year, while the DOT held a groundbreaking ceremony for the TRA in Tabaco City, Albay last July 2024.
Editorโs Note: This article has been sourced from the Department of Tourism Facebook Page.
