South Palms Resort is located in Barangay Bolod, Panglao Island, Municipality of Panglao, in the Province of Bohol. It is immediately west of Bohol Beach Club, occupying two thirds (2/3) of the original land area of the Bohol Beach Club. The land area of South Palms Resort covers around forty-three (43) hectares. It has seven hundred fifty (750) meters of white sand beach frontage, said to be the longest frontage for a single beach resort in the island of Panglao. Currently, it has ninety (90) rooms and villas and two (2) swimming pools.
Panglao Bay Premiere Parks and Resorts Corporation is part of the Alturas Group Companies (AGC) and manages the hospitality component e.g. South Palms Resort, of the company. Their long-range plan is to transform the area into a recreational, commercial cum residential development under a “Live, Work, Play” concept anchored in tourism. The business conglomerate considers the present South Palms Resort as a minor component akin to the concept of a “starter kit” in the scheme of their total vision for the area.
The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), a Government Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) attached to the Department of Tourism (DOT), was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 9593, otherwise known as the Tourism Act of 2009. It is responsible for implementing policies and programs of the DOT pertaining to the development, promotion, and supervision of tourism projects in the Philippines.
TIEZA’s main tasks include building tourism infrastructure, designation, regulation and supervision of Tourism Enterprise Zones (TEZs), operation and management of TIEZA Assets , and the collection of the Philippine Travel Tax.
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