Don't look now but Department of Tourism secretary Alberto Lim has resigned from his post barely a year after his appointment. The resignation comes as a surprise as the secretary has been active in attending tourism expos as of late.
Apparently, the secretary wants to spend more quality time with his family whom he has relegated to the back-burner since accepting his post. He was not aware the position would bring him travelling all over on official functions. Which begs the question: Did he not know that his designation would require at least some amount of travelling? Hmmmm... something's just not right here...
The resignation coincides at a time when family members left behind by the Hong Kong victims of the Quirino Grandstand hostage taking that happened same time last year have filed a class action lawsuit against the Philippines. Media has even gone so far as to infer that Sec. Lim was one of the headaches of President Aquino. This, the secretary shrugs off with a retort for media to ask P-Noy himself.
Reactions to his resignation are varied. Secretary Lim's all too brief stay at the department is rocked by controversy particularly with the hostage-taking and with the launch of the Pilipinas Kay Ganda fiasco which didn't sit well with the travelling public. Others claim that domestic tourism has increased alongside foreign arrivals. He is also being credited for laying the groundwork for the open skies policy which is now under work.
Travel insiders are all waiting with baited breath over the next few developments... oh well, it's back to the drawing board... sigh!
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