The Department of Tourism (DOT) led by Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco generously provided local tour guides with tour guide essential kits.
Secretary Frasco emphasized the pivotal role of tour guides and the necessity of empowering and supporting them, stating, โO๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ.”
The tour guide kit included essentials including a hat, an electronic lapel microphone, sunblock, a bamboo tumbler, bamboo sunglasses, and a journal.
Governor joined Secretary Frasco in this thoughtful gesture that benefitted 11 tour guides from Sulu.
Expressing gratitude, tour guide Adzhar Abdulbashir from the Jolo Tourism Office remarked, “๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ข (๐๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ฐ), ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด.”
Accompanying Secretary Frasco during her visit to Sulu were Tourism Undersecretaries Myra Paz Valderrosa Abubakar and Ferdinand Jumapao, along with Major General Ignatius Patrimonio, Police Colonel Narciso Paragas, and various local and provincial officials.
