The Negros Oriental Tourism Board has been tasked to identify new potential destinations for domestic and foreign travelers visiting this part of the Central Visayas region.<\/p>\n
Woodrow Maquiling Jr., Tourism Board executive director and concurrent Provincial Tourism Council, on Wednesday said the program is in line with Governor Manuel \u201cChaco\u201d Sagarbarria\u2019s thrust to expand the province\u2019s tourism industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe governor will focus his administration on developing new tourism programs, especially in the northern portion of the province, specifically in the first district,\u201d Maquiling told the Philippine News Agency (PNA).<\/p>\n
He added that the provincial government wants to ensure that the development of tourism in the province is \u201cnot contained and restricted in the second and third districts\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n
At a tourism stakeholders\u2019 meeting held recently, Maquiling said some quarters raised concerns about why the first district was \u201cleft behind\u201d in the province\u2019s tourism promotions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are lots of potentials in Negros Oriental that have yet to be discovered and so we are looking at how we can actually bring them into motion in the tourism sector,\u201d Maquiling said.<\/p>\n
On Thursday and Friday, the tourism official said he will lead a team, including travel guides and tour operators, for an ocular inspection of potential destinations in Canlaon City in the first district.<\/p>\n
These include rice terraces, waterfalls, and even the existing tourism draws like the centuries-old Balete tree, which can be developed further to lure more tourists.<\/p>\n
The Hinakpan \u201cchocolate hills\u201d in Guihulngan City, which is also in Negros Oriental\u2019s first district, will be among the new potential areas in the province that will be included in the province\u2019s tourism package. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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