Tourism institute eyed to be built in Aklan

The Aklan provincial government is planning to build a tourism institute here which is expected to boost the capability of the hotel and restaurant management (HRM) services.
This was bared by Aklan Rep. Florencio Miraflores (Lone District) during the forum with the officers and members of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Aklan here Thursday night.
"I discovered that many HRM students who underwent training to several hotels in Boracay are required to pay P5,000 each for the training. I consider this unfair because hotels are earning much from the tourism and also the hotels giving the training do not give incentives to the trainees," Miraflores said.
To solve this problem, the province is eyeing to build a tourism institute to be housed at the Governor Corazon Cabagnot Memorial Tourism and Training Center in Old Buswang.
Modern facilities for the HRM will be provided into the tourism institute. It also aims to improve HRM capabilities to cope with the growing demand for Boracay.
"We are also planning to solicit sponsorship from several hotels in Boracay to boost our program on our proposed tourism institute," Miraflores added.