CY 2006 - Sandugo Regional Product Showcase, July 20-23

Carrying the theme "Pride of the Islands...Beyond Boundaries", top of the line handcrafted products made by Visayan artisans will be on display at the Sandugo Regional Product Showcase, Ground Level, Island City Mall, Dao District, Tagbilaran City on July 20-23, 2006.

Organized by the Department of Trade and Industry, this year’s trade fair will showcase the finest handcrafted products of countryside entrepreneurs as well as raw materials abundant in the Visayas.

Highlighted in the event are the OTOP (One Town, One Product) handicrafts of municipalities in Regions 6, 7 and 8.









The products to be displayed during the fair are results of an extensive product development conducted by the Product Development and Design Center of the Philippines and the Department of Trade and Industry. Featured products include gifts, toys and housewares, furniture, decorative baskets, ceramics, furniture, raffia placements and rolls, processed food, fashion accessories.

A total of 82 manufacturers from the islands of the Visayas will be exhibiting during the fair.







The market encounter is scheduled in time for two major events, the Sandugo and the “Tigum Bol-anon Tibook Kalibutan” (TBTK), which are expected to attract several exporters, tourists and balikbayans to Bohol.

Sandugo-TBTK is awaited as one of the Philippines' tourism super-event for the year. TBTK, the global homecoming of Boholanos from across the globe to their home province, is observed every three years.





The Sandugo is Bohol's yearly festival replete with grand street parades and sport tournaments.

The combined Sandugo-TBTK festivities will be more celebratory as hundreds and thousands of people from around the Philippines are joined by balikbayan Boholanos on their triennial homecoming tour to their birth province.

This is a rare opportunity to market the products of countryside entrepreneurs.

For more information on the trade fair, interested parties are advised to call Laura Rollan or Minerva Yap of DTI7 at tel. no. 255-0036 or visit the DTI-7 office.