BY: CARLITO C. DAR
BAGUIO CITY, Aug.
27 (PIA) - - This summer capital remains to be the top tourist drawer in the
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and among the top 14 favorite
destinations for both local and foreign tourists in the country.
Department of
Tourism – Cordillera (DOT-CAR) Regional Director Purificacion Molintas, in a
kapihan media forum Friday, reported an increasing trend of tourist arrivals in
the City wherein during first quarter of this year. DOT statistics shows that around 1.03 million
tourists, both local and foreign, visited Baguio from January to March this year
compared to the 648,364 Baguio visitors recorded in the first quarter of 2012.
Molintas said major contributor to
Baguio visitors is the
MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) sector
that opted to
hold activities here to also
enjoy the cold Baguio weather.
With the onset of
the rainy season, Molintas said MICE
events remain the top drawer while weddings
are also lining up from July up to December.
This September, the
Hotel and Restaurants Associations of Baguio (HRAB) in partnership with the
city government will once again hold the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT)
weekend wherein from September 5 to 7,
culinary students and professionals from Northern Luzon and some parts of country
will converge for a culinary showdown and exposition.
Now on its 10th
year, the HRT weekend will also showcase sumptuous cakes that will be molded in
the form of Baguio’s historical sites
and famous infrastructures such as The Mansion, Baguio Cathedral, Baguio
Country Club, City Hall, the Philippine Military Academy Melchor Hall and the
city’s Post Office.
For other tourism
promotions and events, Molintas disclosed
that other scheduled activities are the Tourism Forum cum Road Show
entitled “Connecting BLISTT (Baguio City, La Tirinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba
and Tublay), Metro Baguio to Clark the International Gateway” on August 30 and the “Byahe Info Seminar”, which DOT aims
endorse to various colleges and universities for tourism students to
participate.
She also affirmed
the participation of CAR in the Philippine Tourism Week on Sept. 1 to 8 at the SMX Convention Center at the Mall of
Asia and the 24th Philippine Travel Mart on Sept. 6 to 8, also in Manila.
Meantime, to
further improve the monitoring or recording of tourists arrivals in Baguio and
the rest of Cordillera, DOT-CAR during
the same forum presented a methodology on tourism data gathering that they are
now pushing for the different local government units to adopt. (JDP/CCD and
Julianne Detran-PIA Intern)
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