BACOLOD CITY: The tourism industry could fill the gap in the province’s economic growth now that the the sugar industry is facing a downturn, Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Tuesday.

“We all know the situation of the sugar industry. Tourism is not an alternative anymore because it is happening.

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