Bohol ICT Council President Leah Tirol-Magno is confident that summit delegates would see Bohol as the perfect Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) location and something like General Santos City is going to happen here.
The Summit is a way of showcasing to the whole world how ready we are to adopt BPO/ICT, Magno added.
In the region, BPO /ICT has been identified as among the major economic drivers in 2012, racking in a whooping P21.67 billion in revenues.
This has been increasing for about 12 % from 2011 and has generated around 100,000 new jobs, reports the Regional Development Council recently.
Cebu and Negros Oriental in Central Visayas account for some 27 BPO and call center companies, while recently, the National ICT Conferedation of the Philippines and the DOST awarded to Tagbilaran City in Bohol as the next wave cities for BPO and ICT.
Other than showcasing the BPO/ICT potential here, BICTC which bade to host the Summit in November 28-29 adopts GET IT as theme for the confab in Bohol.
GET IT refers to Governance, Education, Tourism and Information Technology, areas where Bohol keeps a significant lead and is worth a showcase for the delegates, organizers said.
At a radio forum on the air, Magno, along with Bohol Investment Promotion Center chief Maria Fe Dominese also believe Bohol’s cutting edge when it adopts ICT/BPO here is its good tourism potential.
BPO and ICT is a good perfect combination, says Magno over DyTR aired government program handled by the Philippine Information Center a few weeks ago.
Human resources working on ICT and BPO handle very stressful situations, and as a stress relief and detoxifications, Bohol’s tourist destinations and activities like extreme sports would tend to be the perfect alternative activities, Magno pointed out.
Moreover, Dominese said the summit should be a perfect time for business locators to see that Bohol has instituted an investment code which guides investors to properly plan their ventures.
Bohol is among the few places in the country with low cost of doing business, and even while processing Philippine Economic Zones Authority (PEZA) accreditation for some of its set infrastructure to attract more investors for its bundled tax holidays, Bohol’s waiving of a real property tax of up to 35% is already a come on.
Besides, experts who put up Bohol’s scorecards already underscored a low minimum wage compared to cosmopolitan centers, competitive talents as proven by an 11% hiring rate compared to only 7% in the national average, reports Magno.
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Quelle/Source: The Bohol Standard, 25.08.2013
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