19th Jan 2008
by Prix D Banzon
Davao City (19 January) -- Tourism players are bringing the 10-way Tuna to Singapore next month, a strategy that is expected to entice tourists to come and visit Davao.
Department of Tourism (DOT XI) regional director Sonia Garcia said they will bring "Kulinarya Dabaw" to Singapore to allow Singaporeans to experience ten different ways of cooking Tuna.
It will be timed during the Food Festival on February 25 to March 6 and Travel and Trade Show on February 29 to March 2.
The ten-way Tuna was first introduced to Singapore-based travel and tour operators during their visit to Davao last year.
She said they get good feedback about it as these businessmen love the way the fish was prepared on menus using different parts of the fish from the head, the lips, the tail, the belly and others.
The food show will be done in a restaurant in downtown Singapore that will run for two weeks plus an added free Durian coffee and cocktails.
"We need to show these tourists what we have and this will be our selling point to get their interests and later lead us to making Singapore our hub to international gateway to Europe and Australia," she said.
Along with the tuna, Garcia said they will also market agriculture products like mango and bananas to prospective buyers.
The Department of Trade and Industry in coordination with the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) is also supporting the activity and handles the business matching aspect of the marketing mission to Singapore.http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p080119.htm&no=06
