During the 3rd batch of Barangay New Elected Officials (BNEO) Orientation and Training by the Department of Interior and Local Government recently, Rivera said "we should go beyond becoming just the Tuna Capital of the Philippines."
According to the mayor, based on the Pre-Feasibility Study on the Integrated Economic Development for Regional Trade in General Santos City conducted by the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), GenSan is the fastest growing metropolitan area in Region 12.
CDIA assessed that GenSan has become a major trading area for agricultural products from other provinces of the region.
Mayor Rivera added that his economic agenda focuses on how to make more businesses thrive in the city, thereby promoting diversity and preparing the seedbed for making the city as the Agro-Industrial Hub of the South.
"In order to prepare the city for economic diversity, we will have to update our comprehensive land use plan, investment code, local policies on land and mass transport related concerns, preparation of the city transport master plan, and environmental management plan," Rivera said.
To push for the realization of the city’s economic agenda, the mayor directed the institutionalization of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the city where private investors will join government in different ventures and initiatives.
Under his major PPP initiatives are the development of food and transportation terminals, agri-plantation, realty, socialized housing, trade and industry and fishing, including projects on environmental and climate change adaptation.
"If we improved on these areas, we can better maximize the opportunity of the growing number of tourist arrivals in the region," Mayor Rivera said.
Nelly Nita Dillera, Department of Tourism regional director, said on Friday that tourist arrivals in SOCKSARGEN have increased by 18 percent. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Ian John Lagare)
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