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Sustained tourism dev’t seen in areas cleared of insurgency, Army chief says

DAVAO DEL NORTE, 23 February (PIA) --- Sustaining tourism interest is the way to go for areas which have been cleared from influence of  the communist terrorist groups (CTGs).   Outgoing commander of the Philippine Army 10 th  Inf “Agila” Division, Lt  General Ernesto C. Torres believes that Davao Region areas cleared from insurgency can be fully transformed into tourism areas, thus he has tagged successes in overrunning CTG lairs as “transformation from terrorism to tourism.”   Interviewed after the Change of Command Ceremony yesterday at Camp Manuel Yan based in the Municipality of Mawab, Davao de Oro he said “we would like to sustain that thru the whole of nation approach particularly  in the security sector to establish the integrated territorial defense system”.   He cited the importance of stakeholders involvement in establishing a territorial defense system over cleared and neutralized areas to guard the gains of peace and  development efforts, and the military operations that d