Manila, Aug. 5 -- The Tagaytay City government is grateful for hosting the 10th Aero Gymnastics Asian Championships presented by the Philippine Sports Commission.

Mayor Brent Tolentino thanked PSC chairman Patrick Gregorio and Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) president Cynthia Carrion for choosing Tagaytay.

"It helps us to raise our profile as a tourist destination, especially with foreigners. This is why we have been pushing strongly for sport tourism because we have world-class facilities and amenities to go with it," the son of Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino said in a news release Wednesday.

He cited the UCI-certified Tagaytay CT Velodrome, the current site of the meet organized by t...