11/10/2025
KUMUSTA NA BA ANG TURISMO NG BICOL?
Good Day to all tourism stakeholders and partners. hope everyone is doing fine. August and September is a challenging month for us tour guide and some of the industry partner. we tour guide depends on the tour booking from our partner travel agencies and yet this DIY tours, Grab Car, car rentals, motor tour and tricycle driver and people who call themselves as tour guide dominate the market and and selling tours without Business permit. while the DOT spend money for the promotions of Bicol together with travel and tour operator by attending a lot of travel mart to market the Bicol. what happen? we cannot get any tour services, kailgan namin dumiskarte para mabuhay lang infact we are accredited tour guide we have the edge, proper training and credibility to give services. pero kami ang walang takbo as long as we want to sell tours same as this DIY, car rentals, grab car and tricycle driver but we are DOT accredited tour guide we should follow the rules not selling tours.
pero ngayon gumawa ka lang ng page ng drone shot ng mga destination or mapuntahan mo mga destination pwede ka na mag benta ng tour, meron ka lang ilang unit ng car tour or transport operator ka na or ang iba pa they call themselves tour guide.
I'm calling all the tourism stakeholders to start and make necessary moves to address this problem. darating ang panahon kawawa kami kayo na nag nenegosyo ng legal. time for us to unite para ma ayus at magawan ng paraan. sa DOT officials sana ma ptotektahan nyo naman kami na nag hahanap buhay sa turismo.