■ Hanna C. Lacsamana The Department of Tourism-Cordillera has announced 12 applicants have made it in the shortlist for the 2023 Search for Best Cordillera Tourism Village. Making it to the final round are Barangay Losad Tourism Village of Sabangan, Mountain Province; Guinzadan Tripartite Tourism Village of Bauko, Mountain Province; Bila Tourism Village of Bauko,
BAGUIO CITY: The Cordillera office of the Department of Tourism (DoT-CAR) recently launched the Search for the Best Cordillera Tourism Village 2023 to help boost the region s tourism industry and provide added attractions for foreign and domestic visitors.
BEST TOURISM VILLAGE. Village leaders of the Hapao-Baang-Nungulunan clustered tourism village in Hungduan town, Ifugao province accept the top prize as the Best Cordillera Tourism Village in a competition by the Department of Tourism-Cordillera, during a ceremony at the Baguio Country Club on Wednesday (Feb, 8, 2023). DOT-Cordillera regional director Jovita Ganongan (leftmost) said the best tourism village contest is in line with the agency's efforts to promote "Filipinism." (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - The Department of Tourism in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DOT-CAR) has recognized new and emerging village destinations in the region with rich cultural values in line with the department's direction toward "Filipinism." Named by the DOT-CAR as the Best Cordillera Tourism Village was the clustered "tourism village" of Nungulunan, Hapao and Baang in Hungduan town, Ifugao province. "Tourists will get to experience an old-ti