TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 23 (PIA) -- From July 1 to 20, Bohol’s investment in support of the calamity and pandemic-hit micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Sandugo Night Market has grossed sales reaching P7,201,435.

This is only for the 50 booths offering street food, snacks and refreshments, barbecue and food.

This as the Provincial Government, Isang Dugo Foundation, Bohol Small Medium Enterprise Development Council (SMED-C) and Bohol Association of Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants (BAHRR) bring in the Sandugo Night Market.

As the night market builds, it culminated with a ten-day Food Fusion where organizers picked promising food concessionaires to populate the Sandugo Festival ground booths with their offering to revelers of Bohol’s most popular celebration of brotherhood, friendship, and camaraderie.

The story of the Sandugo Night market traces its roots to the late 1990s when the Office of the Governor’s attached office called the Bohol Investment Promotions Center (BIPC) conceptualized Painitang Bol-anon during the Tigum Bol-anon sa Tibuok Kalibutan.

From that concept, it was in 2014 when the SMED Council, BAHRR. and the BIPC thought of the thriving night market in Singapore and went to the drawing boards for the first public presentation of the international fusion nights.

In the experimental Fusion Nights, BAHRR and SMED-C brought in its member hotels. resorts and restaurants and local food and pastry producers to showcase the food they offer in their resorts, in one venue picked by the Provincial Government.

The Provincial Government prepares the place and tasks the BIPC to keep tabs on the sales for future policy reforms and design enhancements.

Apart from the street food at the night market, it also offers an agricultural fair that was organized by the Provincial Agriculture Office.

Set July 18 to 20 at the Sandugo Festival Grounds, the agri-fair attracted 23 participating local government units, seven exhibitors and nine participating commercial partners, according to the Office of the Provincial Agriculture,

At the end of the agri-fair, organizers reported total booked sales amounting to P780,814 for the three days.

The provincial government would also be monitoring the sales generated by the Fusion Nights for future policy and program enhancement.  (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)