DAVAO CITY—A Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) resolution calls for direct flights connecting Davao City and Bohol to attract more tourists and investors to the city.
The joint resolution by the SP committees on tourism and beautification, and transportation and communication, members of the city council requested President Rodrigo Duterte to open inbound and outbound routes connecting the cities of Tagbilaran and Davao.
The resolution urged the Department of Transportation and Communication and the Department of Tourism to ask airline companies to study the possibility of a direct flight connecting the two cites.
Councilor Conrado Baluran, SP committee on transportation and communication chairman, said the island of Bohol is one of the most attractive tourism destinations in the country.
Based on studies and tourism statistics, a daily average of 2,000 local and foreign tourists visit Bohol.
“Most of these tourists also wish to visit Davao,” Baluran said.
“The next desired destination for them is the hometown of President Duterte,” he said.
“But the lack of a direct flight from Tagbilaran City to Davao prevents them from coming here,” Baluran added.
Potential investors are also discouraged by the lack of a direct flight route between the two cities.