Gen. Santos City, the “Tuna Capital of the Philippines”, hosted the 8th Philippine International Farm Tourism Conference, the country’s largest gathering of practitioners and authorities on farm tourism at the KCC Mall of GenSan on February 24-26. Organized by the International School of Sustainable Tourism (ISST), this year’s edition was themed “Stimulating Sustainable Economic Growth in Rural Communities through Farm Tourism,” which facilitated collaboration among farm owners and farmers, and emphasize the positive socio-economic impact of farm tourism. ISST President Mina Gabor said that this year’s conference focused on sustainable growth through the cultivation of fruit farms, aquaculture and livestock, and investments on agriculture and tourism.

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