DAVAO CITY (PIA) -- Tourism industry stakeholders in Davao City are hoping for more international flights that will connect Davao City to different parts of the world.
“We are really hoping that through our gateway, Davao International Airport, we can push more international flights because that helps us in promoting outbound and inbound tourism,” said travel agent and current vice president for travel and tours sector of the Davao Travel Agencies Association (DTAA), Pia Partoza Montano.
She stressed that the lack of international flights in Davao leads to higher ticket prices for airline tickets going to the city, as this was observed during their last year’s tourism mission in Singapore.
Currently, Qatar Airways operates a single weekly route from Davao to Doha, Qatar. Low-cost carrier Scoot offers thrice-weekly flights from Davao to Singapore, and Royal Air offers twice-weekly from Hong Kong to Davao.
Department of Tourism XI Regional Director Tanya Rabat Tan wants the existing international routes to be promoted so that these flights will be sustained and the airline companies will add more frequencies.