The Philippines’ Department of Tourism (DOT) expressed confidence that their upcoming One Visayas tour initiative will appeal to extra vacationers to Eastern Visayas.
DOT regional director for the Eastern Visayas Karina Rosa Tiopes mentioned officers and tour operators from the three areas labored to give you a tourism programme for the three areas as a part of the One Visayas initiative.
Tiopes mentioned: “There have been exploratory meetings, and we have identified tour operators willing to do the costing as we come up with thematic tour programs for the three Visayas regions. This will be revealed in December during the One Visayas showcase in Manila.”
Diverse locations
Officials initially recognized diving websites, trails included in the UNESCO tentative checklist, and cultural and heritage websites for inclusion in the tour itinerary.
The Eastern Visayas region consists of the provinces of Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, and Southern Leyte, and the cities of Baybay, Borongan, Calbayog, Catbalogan, Maasin, Ormoc, and Tacloban, the Eastern Visayas’ regional centre.
The region’s hottest locations embody Kalanggaman Island, San Juanico Bridge, Leyte Landing Memorial in Leyte, Sambawan Island in Biliran, diving websites in Southern Leyte, Calicoan Island in Eastern Samar, Sohoton Cave and Natural Park in Samar, and Biri Rock Formations in Northern Samar.
However, the Eastern Visayas region stays comparatively below the radar in contrast to different vacationer locations in the Philippines, however this has modified over the previous a number of years thanks to the rising demand for nature-centric tourism.
