{"id":239521,"date":"2019-12-08T21:59:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T02:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=239521"},"modified":"2019-12-08T21:59:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T02:59:13","slug":"dot-promotes-panays-farm-culinary-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/08\/dot-promotes-panays-farm-culinary-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT promotes Panay\u2019s farm, culinary tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v5.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iloilocitygov\/posts\/2853026154728915?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAJ7fJJa48sXZc42Awp-IOdqsEjP6vFLV4SUhz3R1F9c528hyN6XQFskfbbXHDWPoTXpD8heKzTy0JYDDazoLkwsdzO_S_12DFkij0DEgpf5zSAOoA1qlIreDW4eGSeg42MWFcaj-v43EeKQ2AoPZAMxzOAWCwAMYXKtI2j07wzdbwwJbDOO5MZfI4I06Xtb3Qd_7F7YHnFKKwnWcpMUAQrmlEEPI4lEeHrXo0W3euHjbGEf8G5-r7r-E0QcN7WAfiivHp4Qw6OnF-y54YY3fNz5aLR7-z-hv_iUTsWuAAAXeqOpO6dROnWFqnxVYMwmOJXvKDLwdKyjp9XbxBM4xApcQ&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iloilocitygov\/posts\/2853026154728915\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>&quot;KAIN NA&quot; or let&#039;s eat is a Food and Travel Festival designed to create awareness and interest about authentic Filipino&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iloilocitygov\/\">Iloilo City Government<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iloilocitygov\/posts\/2853026154728915\">Saturday, December 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>ILOILO CITY<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0Known for its fresh local farm products and ingredients, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is promoting Panay\u2019s potential on-farm and culinary skills.<\/p>\n<p>DOT\u2019s \u201cKain Na!\u201d culinary and travel festival gathers together the local dishes prepared by local chefs, farm tourism sites and their products, and other cultural performances at The Shops at Atria, Ayala Malls in Mandurriao district here.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day event, which opened on Friday night, is participated in by the provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Iloilo City.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, lawyer Edwin Enrile, DOT\u2019s undersecretary, said Iloilo has a variety of food available that is supported by its rich farms.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists keep coming back in Western Visayas and Iloilo because of its culture and the cuisine, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgriculture is really big here in Iloilo, especially with the Jalaur (river) dam. Next year, we will focus on promoting farm tourism here and in Panay because of the farms,\u201d Enrile said.<\/p>\n<p>He said farm products are reflected by the dishes served or the farm-to-table cuisine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Iloilo and Panay, you have the freshest ingredients, from seafood and all that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Enrile said the cuisine in Iloilo and Western Visayas are also appreciated by foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something to be proud of. It reflects our identity and I think more and more now, the world appreciates the Filipino cuisine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cKain Na!\u201d, a centerpiece program of the DOT, has visited Alabang, Manila, Cagayan de Oro, and Baguio this year, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;KAIN NA&quot; or let&#039;s eat is a Food and Travel Festival designed to create awareness and interest about authentic Filipino&#8230; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":239522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","mauthors-gail-momblan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239523,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239521\/revisions\/239523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}