ISST units seventh farm tourism confab in Bohol
After a five-year hiatus as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, the Worldwide College of Sustainable Tourism (ISST) is bringing again the Philippine Farm Tourism Convention at Bellevue Resort in Panglao, Bohol, on February 26 – 28. Now on its seventh version, the worldwide occasion will likely be hosted by the Provincial Authorities of Bohol and supported by the Southeast Asian Regional Middle for Graduate Examine and Analysis in Agriculture (SEARCA).
![Bilar Vegetable Farm](https://outoftownblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bilar-Vegetable-Farm-700x525.jpg)
Themed “Farm Tourism: Consciousness for Wholesome Dwelling and New Experiences,” the convention will showcase learnings from the pandemic and share greatest practices that search to supply social and financial empowerment to communities.
The occasion can be supported by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, Division of Tourism, Tourism Promotions Board, Division of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Sources, Philippine Exporters Confederation (Philexport), the Division of Commerce and Business, and Philippine Airways as official provider.
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In accordance with ISST president Mina Gabor, this 12 months’s convention will give attention to sustainable development by the cultivation of fruit and vegetable farms, aquaculture and artisanal fisheries, and inexperienced investments in farm tourism.
The previous tourism chief mentioned that the confab can even have a DTI-led exhibition space for agricultural produce and by-products and a farm tour, which is able to go to the notable farm tourism websites in Bohol.
![Kinaiyahan Forest Park in Bilar](https://outoftownblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Kinaiyahan-Forest-Park-in-Bilar-700x875.jpg)
Subjects to be mentioned embrace the hospitality trade embracing the sustainable farm-to-table idea, processing vegetables and fruit – key to meals safety, proper advertising and marketing and income, value-added advantages of artisanal fisheries, the revival of the nation’s multi–million seaweeds trade, the pampano fish as an upcoming star of aquaculture, and inexperienced funding in agriculture and tourism within the Asian setting.
The convention can even confer the 4th Lakbay Bukid Awards to 5 native and international people and organizations which have contributed to the event of farm tourism in Asia.
![Green Thumb Farm in Corella](https://outoftownblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Green-Thumb-Farm-in-Corella-700x876.jpg)
Bohol’s first district congressman, Edgar Chatto, famous that the occasion will likely be a possibility to showcase the island province because the nation’s first Unesco World Geopark in 2023, which acknowledged its wealthy terrestrial and marine attributes unfold out in an 8,808-sq km space.
The chairperson of the Home of Representatives Local weather Change Committee, Chatto can even be one of many useful resource individuals within the 3-day gathering.
![Bohol Bee Farm in Dauis](https://outoftownblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bohol-Bee-Farm-in-Dauis-700x480.jpg)
Members can even tour notable farm websites, resembling Loboc Cacao Farm, Asin Tibuok makers in Alburquerque, Kinaiyahan Forest Park in Bilar, Lasang Cacao Farm in Maribojoc, Inexperienced Thumb Farm in Corella, South Farm in Panglao, Bohol Bee Farm in Dauis, Manay’s Farm in San Miguel, Ubay Dairy Farm, and Jagna Recycling Facility and Eco Farm.
The group can even go to the province’s iconic sights, resembling Tarsier Sanctuary in Corella and the Chocolate Hills Park in Carmen.
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For particulars, contact (02) 8442-2998, 0977–2946763, 0966-2430529, e-mail data.isstphilippines@gmail.com or occasions.isstphilippines@gmail.com, go to www.isst.edu.ph or its Fb web page Isstphilippines.
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