Lakbay Norte 2010 goes to Cagayan Valley
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Twenty (20) media travel practitioners from national dailies, local Chinese newspaper, in-flight magazines, pinoy travel bloggers and officials of the Norht Philippines Visitors Bureau (NPVB) were in the province recently for the Lakbay Norte from January 24-31, 2010.
Lakbay Norte will tour for eight days the following places by bus: Cagayan Valley, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Baguio City, Pangasinan, Subic Bay, Tarlac, Pampanga to include Clark Free Port Zone.
In the Province of Cagayan, Lakbay Norte visited the Callao Caves Tourist Zone (Callao Cave Adventure), Piat Basilica Minore (Pilgrimage) and Visita Iglesia at Iguig, Alcala, Lallo, Camalaniugan and Pamplona. A formal dinner and press briefing was also held at Paseo Real last Monday, January 25 with Governor Alvaro T. Antonio and other officials.
Director Blessilda Diwa of the Department of Tourism (DOT) has expressed strong support to the private sector initiative by sponsoring some of the activities as well as promoting the event.
“DOT Region 2 believes that the Lakbay Norte will greatly encourage inter-regional travel considering that North Philippines is very accessible through good road network and with diverse and exceptionally beautiful destinations, products and services”, Diwa added.
Lakbay Norte is timed during the pre-summer off-peak season to provide hype and timely release of news features which will be generated by the hosting of the travel writers prior to the travel season this year. The event is also expected to boost the promotion of North Philippines after the setbacks brought about by the recent typhoons that ravaged North Luzon. (PIA 2)
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North Luzon has long been flying under the radar in terms of tourists destinations in the Philippines despite the numerous sites and adventures one can experience here. With this promotional push, local Filipinos should include it on their must visit places.
Lakbay Norte will tour seems to be adventurous.
I know from personal experience how beautiful the Philippines are.
The islands, especially within 80 or so miles of Manila have a safety record and a weather record that is incomparable in the world.
I’m not sure what is going on further south at the moment, but I am sure the Philippine government is concerned anytime violence in the name of religion is perpetrated.
There are currently just over 90 million people in the Philippines and over 30 million of those are unemployed.
That’s not too far off from the US. At any one time, even in prosperous times, the US only employs about half of its population. Currently the US is doing a little worse than than and is reporting a 10.2 percent unemployment rate.
The Philippines is reporting a 7.4% unemployment rate.
Again, it all depends on who you count and who you don’t count to determine these percentages.
For example, if we were to count only those who REALLY want a job in the US, and who can’t find one, our unemployment rate would be zero.
Stetson
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