Transforming Legazpi Into a Full-Blown Resort City

View from Brgy. Lamba.
Photo by Dexter Baldon, grabbed from wikipedia.com.

The views in Barangays Taysan and Estanza in Legazpi City are unparalleled elsewhere. The potentials are way up high. These places can be world-class tourist destinations as one person often puts it. 

Venturing into Maslog and Lamba areas can be just as fascinating. The southern parts of Legazpi are full of so many hidden destinations waiting to be unraveled. Other municipalities and cities in Albay can be explored further to see what these places can offer.

The LGUs may work hand in hand with national agencies in transforming Legazpi into a full-blown resort city (an article will be posted discussing and describing the economic benefits of a resort city) where these displaced families are given priority in jobs. Bed-and-Breakfast inns and bigger resorts or hotels could be suitable in these areas. 

This type of industry needs different kinds of services and goods to support them so they can tap these displaced families for whatever goods and services they might need.

There is no certainty that this transition can be successfully implemented but the displaced families go back to the danger zones for one reason: their livelihoods depend so much on the fertile lands on the slopes of the volcano.

If these families are given an alternative livelihood, they will be persuaded to leave the danger zones for good and the industry that could potentially replace their current livelihood is tourism.

With the potentials existing, it might be worth a try.

This article was originally published in skyscrapercity.com on March 3, 2018.