“BE CREATIVE”

Instruction: (10 Points) Express appropriately according to your understanding or

you may use the internet to search the best thoughts you have as answers to the
following questions or statements.

Search for Secretary’s of Department of Tourism (give short background and their
contribution to the Philippine Tourism Industry) and Tourism Slogan on their time as
secretary

Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat, Secretary

Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is a product of the University of the Philippines where she
graduated cum laude with her bachelor’s degree in Economics. She also pursued her
master’s degree in Economics at the same institution.

She was appointed Undersecretary of Agriculture in 2007, where she was in charge of
special concerns, administration and finance, as well as agribusiness and marketing. She
also oversaw a number of teams and committees focused on rural loans, trade and
investment promotion, development aid, international cooperation, organic agriculture, and
gender and development.

In May 2018, she was appointed Secretary of the Department of Tourism. Her focus is on
sustainable tourism, increasing investments in the sector, enhancing programs for tourism
infrastructure, as well as product and market development.

“There should be a slogan that should stick. I really think ‘It’s more fun in the Philippines’
works,” Puyat said.