With the success of MEPZ, and to accommodate the growing number of interested investors, four more industrial estates are being proposed for Cebu. Tourist and Cultural Information Cebu is increasingly a popular tourist destination point and after Manila is the most popular tourist spot in the Philippines. Tourist traffic increased twenty-five percent in 1993 over 1992. Approximately 35,000 local and foreign tourists now visit Cebu each month. New hotel and beach resorts have been cropping up and old ones are being renovated and expanded to meet the new tourist demand.
Tourists flock to the white sand beaches which are only minutes away from Cebu City.
A variety of historical sites, many dating from the days of Spanish rule, also attract tourists. Both the similarities in our two regions as well as the different niches our economies fill, provide a variety of opportunities for economic cooperation between Greater Seattle area and Cebu businesses and organizations. Health and Medical Services. With both Greater Seattle and Cebu's roles as centers of health and medical services, this a natural place to look for mutual cooperation. A recent paper commissioned by the Trade Development Alliance catalogues an impressive list of Greater Seattle area organizations and businesses in the medical and health care sectors of education, research, health care delivery and industry.