Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco emphasized the significance of film tourism and the construction of the Philippine Film Heritage Building during its Groundbreaking Ceremony on Thursday (Oct. 26) at the historic grounds of Baluarte de San Diego of Intramuros, Manila.
The Tourism Chief announced the DOT’s prioritization of Film Tourism as a way to highlight a component of the Filipino identity, hence, its inclusion in the National Tourism Development Plan under the Marcos Administration. According to Frasco, the heritage building initiative will preserve Filipino cinematic excellence and cultural identity while using the power of cinema as a strong voice to introduce the nation to the world.
“๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ,โ said Secretary Frasco.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด,โ Frasco stressed the importance of the tripartite agreement between DOT, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), and the TIEZA – Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority.
The Tourism Chief also extended her gratitude to Senator Robinhood Padilla for his invaluable contribution and dedication to bringing this heritage building project to fruitio