21 November 2005
More tourists to 100 Isles since turnover
ALAMINOS – The number of foreigners visiting the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here has increased only a month since the tourist spot was formally turned over by the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) to the Alaminos City government where it really belongs.
City Mayor Hernani Braganza said the latest figure in the month of October showed that there were 4,707 tourists who visited the Hundred Islands, at least 10 percent of these, or 387, being foreigners.
“Despite the rainy season in October, we enjoyed the regularity of arrivals of tourists coming from different places,” Braganza told newsmen.
Topping the list of foreigners who visited the HINP last October were the Koreans numbering 116, followed by Americans, 111; British, 30; Japanese, 25; Australians, 17; Swiss, 12; Danish, 10; East Timorese, 9; Chinese and Dutch, seven each; Canadians, Sri Lankans and Vietnamese, five each; Bangledeshi and French, three each; Indonesians, Italians and Irish, two each; and Croatian, Lebanese, New Zealander and Swedish, one each.
The list of foreign tourists was based on the registry list being kept by the city government at its office in Lucap wharf, the jump-off point to the Hundred Islands.
Braganza said the month of October brought in ticket sales of P170,000 which accrued to the city government and which will be used to further improve the Hundred Islands.
He said since the city took over Pangasinan’s number one tourist destination, it has energized three main islands in the Hundred Islands group, namely the Quezon, Children’s and Governor Islands.
This enabled tourists to hang around these three islands even at night to do night swimming, which was never done under the administration of the PTA that lasted for three decades.
Lack of funds however hamper the city government’s plan to build floating houses which it seeks to offer to tourists who may want to stay overnight in the Hundred Islands for them to commune longer with nature.
City Mayor Hernani Braganza said the latest figure in the month of October showed that there were 4,707 tourists who visited the Hundred Islands, at least 10 percent of these, or 387, being foreigners.
“Despite the rainy season in October, we enjoyed the regularity of arrivals of tourists coming from different places,” Braganza told newsmen.
Topping the list of foreigners who visited the HINP last October were the Koreans numbering 116, followed by Americans, 111; British, 30; Japanese, 25; Australians, 17; Swiss, 12; Danish, 10; East Timorese, 9; Chinese and Dutch, seven each; Canadians, Sri Lankans and Vietnamese, five each; Bangledeshi and French, three each; Indonesians, Italians and Irish, two each; and Croatian, Lebanese, New Zealander and Swedish, one each.
The list of foreign tourists was based on the registry list being kept by the city government at its office in Lucap wharf, the jump-off point to the Hundred Islands.
Braganza said the month of October brought in ticket sales of P170,000 which accrued to the city government and which will be used to further improve the Hundred Islands.
He said since the city took over Pangasinan’s number one tourist destination, it has energized three main islands in the Hundred Islands group, namely the Quezon, Children’s and Governor Islands.
This enabled tourists to hang around these three islands even at night to do night swimming, which was never done under the administration of the PTA that lasted for three decades.
Lack of funds however hamper the city government’s plan to build floating houses which it seeks to offer to tourists who may want to stay overnight in the Hundred Islands for them to commune longer with nature.
