Tourism, Commerce & Industry Transform Iloilo into a Hyper Active Province
By Carmencita H. Acosta
(Iloilo City) A busy gateway to Western Visayas, Iloilo City continues to flourish, with increasing tourist arrivals, both local and foreign, especially Koreans, Japanese, and other nationals from neighboring Asian countries.
The city's Tourism Information Assistance Center recently reported to Mayor Jerry Treñas that accommodations establishments had recorded a total of 191,328 tourist arrivals for the first half of 2005, compared with the 142,627 during the same period in 2004.
In an interview requested by What's On & Expat during the Arts Festival held in Iloilo City September 29-30, Dr. Teresa Sarabia, chair of the Iloilo Convention Bureau, said that a bigger and more exotic arts festival is being mulled for next year, based on the favorable response to this year's. "We aim to project Iloilo as it really is-a coastal city with safe harbors, clean beaches, a wide choice of excellent hotels, restaurants, resorts, shops and parks."
Dr. Sarabia also said that Iloilo offers a wide variety of activities to the visitor, as well as an extensive array of world-class handicraft souvenirs. "The gracious Ilonggo hospitality completes the formula for a successful tour of Iloilo," she added.
The province of Iloilo is a gateway to the flourishing region of Western Visayas. It has two cities: Iloilo which is its capital, and Passi. Agriculture is the province's primary industry, and its cottage industry, which is also booming, includes pottery, ceramics, weaving, woodcraft, and handicrafts. The province is a primary commercial and trade center of Western Visayas with around 100 banks, financial investment firms, insurance companies and real estate developers. Truly, Iloilo has become, in these initial years of the 21st century, a hyperactive province.
Tourism, Commerce & Industry Transform Iloilo into a Hyper Active Province
By Carmencita H. Acosta
(Iloilo City) A busy gateway to Western Visayas, Iloilo City continues to flourish, with increasing tourist arrivals, both local and foreign, especially Koreans, Japanese, and other nationals from neighboring Asian countries.
The city's Tourism Information Assistance Center recently reported to Mayor Jerry Treñas that accommodations establishments had recorded a total of 191,328 tourist arrivals for the first half of 2005, compared with the 142,627 during the same period in 2004.
In an interview requested by What's On & Expat during the Arts Festival held in Iloilo City September 29-30, Dr. Teresa Sarabia, chair of the Iloilo Convention Bureau, said that a bigger and more exotic arts festival is being mulled for next year, based on the favorable response to this year's. "We aim to project Iloilo as it really is-a coastal city with safe harbors, clean beaches, a wide choice of excellent hotels, restaurants, resorts, shops and parks."
Dr. Sarabia also said that Iloilo offers a wide variety of activities to the visitor, as well as an extensive array of world-class handicraft souvenirs. "The gracious Ilonggo hospitality completes the formula for a successful tour of Iloilo," she added.
The province of Iloilo is a gateway to the flourishing region of Western Visayas. It has two cities: Iloilo which is its capital, and Passi. Agriculture is the province's primary industry, and its cottage industry, which is also booming, includes pottery, ceramics, weaving, woodcraft, and handicrafts. The province is a primary commercial and trade center of Western Visayas with around 100 banks, financial investment firms, insurance companies and real estate developers. Truly, Iloilo has become, in these initial years of the 21st century, a hyperactive province.
