Mayor Cirilo P. Jalad welcomed participants during the recent workshop which prepared the Five-Year Eco-Cultural Tourism (ECT) Plan for Albur. The plan seeks to develop unique products from traditional livelihood in the seven other barangays not covered by the Community-Managed Tourism Project. The project, which ended June 30, was implemented in three barangays (Ponong, Basacdacu, Sta. Felomena) by the Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF) under the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP). Albur is known for indigenous products such as calamay, brooms and place mats made from the buri palm. Pottery and rock salt making will be given technical assistance in terms of promotion and marketing, as well as product design, starting the first year of the plan. The Municipal LGU will make the Interpretive and Tourism Information Center fully operational during the plan period to ensure full support to all 11 barangays in carrying out their ECT projects as part of overall poverty reduction efforts in the municipality. For its part, BLDF has included Albur among the nine municipalities where it will implement a new microfinance project, according to its president, Dr. Nestor M. Pestelos.