Tourism Buoys Central Visayas's Economy

[Mr Lee]

CEBU CITY -- In, not out, is one way to describe how the Central Visayas economy is growing. The latest Central Visayas Regional Economic Situationer shows a continued boost in tourism, but the export industry has suffered a setback. Cebu saw a 10.5 percent increase in tourist arrivals from 2010 to 2011, compared to from 2009 t0 2010. While this is not the highest percentage growth among the provinces in Central Visayas, there were almost a million visitor arrivals in Cebu for this year alone, the highest among the four provinces.