VACATION MODE. Tourists flock to the Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos City, Pangasinan during the Holy Week. The City Tourism Office logged some 27,578 tourist arrivals. (Photo courtesy of Alaminos LGU) ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan - The Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here recorded some 27,578 tourist arrivals from April 14 to 17, or during the Holy Week. In a phone interview on Monday, city tourism officer Miguel Sison said of the total number, 5,424 were logged on Maundy Thursday, 8,898 on Good Friday, 9,452 on Black Saturday, and 3,804 on Easter Sunday. "Most of the tourists are domestic and were from the National Capital Region," he said. Sison said the park generated a total of PHP2.1 million income from the tourists in the last four days. He said there were few recorded incidents, such as piercing by sea urchins and stonefish, and one heatstroke incident. The park has implemented the drop and pick scheme with their boat for rentals to accommodate all the tou
PNA file photo ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan - The Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here recorded over 3,000 tourist arrivals on weekends, a boost to the tourism industry here amid the pandemic. In a phone interview on Monday, city tourism officer Miguel Sison said they have recorded 32,682 tourist arrivals in the HINP from March 1 to 20 this year with a gross income of PHP1.9 million. "I am positive we could reach over PHP2 million income this month," he said. Sison said tourists mostly from Nueva Ecija, Vizcaya, and Cavite keep coming to the HINP since the province was placed under Alert Level 1. "We also held (a) tourism food expo to further promote HINP and the whole of Alaminos City," he added. Sison said boat fee and other fees remain the same despite the increase in the cost of petroleum products. "Our rates were under an ordinance so it is intact," he said. Meanwhile, the City Tourism Office is preparing for the upcoming Holy Week when more tourist
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan The City Tourism Office here is hoping for increased tourist arrivals following the province’s shift to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) starting November 1. In an interview on Friday, City Tourism Officer Miguel Sison said the tourist arrivals at the famous
Hundred Islands National Park at Alaminos City, Pangasinan(PNA file Photo) ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan - The City Tourism Office here is hoping for increased tourist arrivals following the province's shift to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) starting November 1. In an interview on Friday, City Tourism Officer Miguel Sison said the tourist arrivals at the famous Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here are averaging at 100 to 200 visitors daily on the third and fourth week of October. "Mostly are local tourists since we were under general community quarantine with heightened restrictions from September 8 to October 30 banning tourists from areas under enhanced community quarantine and modified enhanced community quarantine," he said. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) announced on Friday that Pangasinan will revert to MGCQ starting November 1. Sison said with this new development, tourist travel from other p