Puerto Princesa gears up for sports tourism

PUERTO Princesa is preparing itself to boost its tourist arrivals by hosting and organizing more sporting events. The destination has the natural resources and landscape to hold mass participation events such as triathlons and marathons, mountain bike and motocross races, beach volleyball and water sports events, among others.

Mayor Lucilo Bayron recently announced that the city will hold a Sports Tourism Forum on webinar on April 22, 2021 with top sports tourism speakers from the Philippines as well as abroad.

The one-day forum will be co-presented by the Philippine Sports Tourism Awards group and Sports Turismo Alliance.

Princess Galura of Sunrise Events, the organizers of Ironman 70.3 and several other branded races, leads the panel of professional speakers for the webinar.

The Sports Tourism Forum, conducted by Selrahco Management, is made possible with the support of Smart Communications, Coca Cola Bottlers Philippines and Universal Robina Corp.

Registration is free on a first-come-first-served basis. One may email Selrahco at gmail.com for more details.