Tourism dept to add 10 more ‘tourist rest areas’ this year

The Department of Tourism will be adding more “Tourist Rest Areas” in different destinations to provide comfort and convenience to visitors and guests.

Tourist Rest Areas, one of the flagship programs of Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco, will each have a coffee shop, pasalubong center, tourism information area, comfort rooms and charging stations.

“It has a unified design that aims to present Filipino elements in the design to provide the most basic necessity for any tourism activity or travel, with decent restrooms. We ensure na laging may toilet paper,” Frasco said at the Kapihan sa Manila Bay Forum on Wednesday.

“We also wish to provide our small and medium enterprises, our local vendors, our pasalubong makers the opportunities to sell their goods,” she added.

DOT has earlier managed to break ground for 10 tourist rest areas in Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte, Baguio City, Cebu, Palawan, Bohol,