Ifugao Governor Teodoro Baguilat Jr. on Monday described the success of the recent “Bakle” week-long festival or thanksgiving for bountiful rice harvest have not only inspired farmers to produce more of the staple food but also now listed in the festivals in the highlands which will soon attract more tourists.
2,000 years old Rice Terraces in [...]
With the aim of preserving the Ifugao Rice Terraces and its supporting systems through the promotion and transmission of local knowledge, skills and cultural practices to the young generation of Ifugaos, the provincial government through the Ifugao Cultural Heritage Office (ICHO) in partnership with SITMO and the Indigenous Knowledge Professors and scholars, is conducting a [...]
by Vency D. Bulayungan
KIANGAN, Ifugao – With the vision of transforming the oldest and most historic town here into a heritage town and an eco-cultural tourism haven, the municipal dads here enacted an ordinance providing and mandating the protection and management of all God-given natural and man-made tourist spots and providing funds thereof.
Annie Dumangeng, Municipal Tourism [...]
May 24th, 2007
by naturegirl.
KIANGAN, Ifugao — Eco- tourism is still cited by this municipality as its pet project for the coming years as it did not yet fully realize the benefits that can be obtained from this industry.
According to Engr. Jos Aguana, municipal planning and development coordinator of this town, they are still harmonizing all efforts to maximize [...]