DAVAO
CITY Feb. 2 (PIA)- The Tourism Infrastructure and Investment Zone
Authority (TIEZA) is evaluating the bids of nine bidders for the concept and
study of the Little Tokyo heritage site in Mintal district.
According
to Lisette Marques, OIC City Tourism Operations Office they met with TIEZA
board member Roberto Teo during the Asean Tourism Forum in Manila last week
where he informed her of the number of bidders for the concept of the heritage
site.
Estimated
budget for the concept and study for the development of Little Tokyo is
P12-million. This is separate from the budget of the actual development.
Formerly
known as the PTA (Philippine Tourism Authority) TIEZA is an attached agency of
the Department of Tourism (DOT) whose mandate include developing, managing and
supervising tourism infrastructure projects nationwide.
Little
Tokyo is referred to the site in Mintal where Japanese migrants settled during
the American colonial period. During that time the Japanese built a hospital,
school, monument, cemetery, hydro-electric plant, houses and other structures.
Currently
a few remnants of these structures from a bygone era remain. Among them the
Japanese cemetery, a monument, an artesian well and a small hydro-power plant.
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