CLARK FREEPORT – The upcoming 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is seen to high light this freeport as sports tourism destination in Asia.
During the Broadcast and Media Conference for the 30th SEA Games at Hotel Sofitel in Pasay City last Tuesday, Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) chief operating officer Ramon Suzara said they want to promote this freeport to be a top sports tourism destination.
“We are now trying to push Clark to be the next sports tourism destination in Asia,” he said as he encouraged delegations from neighboring countries to utilize the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) here.
“For those who are participating in sports and events under the Clark and Subic cluster, we encourage them to use Clark. There are now several international flights at that airport,” Suzara said.
There are a total of 530 events, 56 sports and 44 venues for the SEA Games that are grouped into Metro Manila, Clark and Subic Clusters.
For Clark, the venues include the Parade Grounds, Clark Global City, The Villages, and Royce Hotel in its Cluster while Subic will have Malwaan Park, Subic Bay Boardwalk, Subic Gym, Subic Tennis Court and Triboa Bay.
Highlighting the Clark Cluster will be the New Clark City (NCC) that will open a newly-constructed 20,000-seater Athletics Stadium, an Aquatics Center and the National Government Administrative Center.
This will also be the first time that the Philippines will be having the brand new 2,100-bed Athletes Village at NCC.
The DMIA has a total of 734 domestic and regional flights per month to 40 destinations.
A new terminal is also being built that will accommodate an additional eight million passengers yearly. It is expected to be completed by June 2020.
Meanwhile, it can be recalled that this freeport has been conferred with awards in Sports Tourism by various entities.
