{"id":103381,"date":"2017-05-20T20:54:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T00:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=103381"},"modified":"2017-05-20T20:54:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T00:54:44","slug":"theres-more-to-western-visayas-than-boracay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/20\/theres-more-to-western-visayas-than-boracay\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s more to Western Visayas than Boracay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103382\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Region-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103382\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Region-6-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cRegion 6 has so much to offer for all types of visitors. They have batchoy and sweetest mangoes for those into food trips, and there\u2019s the Ati-Atihan for those who are seeking exotic festivity,\u201d Teo said. (Photo : Philippine News Agency)\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Region-6-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Region-6.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cRegion 6 has so much to offer for all types of visitors. They have batchoy and sweetest mangoes for those into food trips, and there\u2019s the Ati-Atihan for those who are seeking exotic festivity,\u201d Teo said. (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\">Philippine News Agency<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013Western Visayas is popular for Boracay but that\u2019s not all as Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo is bent on cross-selling the region\u2019s other province destinations.<\/p>\n<p>Teo said on Friday that DOT-Region VI is currently offering a wide variety of tour itineraries in efforts to cross-sell different attractions. Cross-selling refers to selling a different product or service to existing customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegion 6 has so much to offer for all types of visitors. They have batchoy and sweetest mangoes for those into food trips, and there\u2019s the Ati-Atihan for those who are seeking exotic festivity,\u201d Teo said.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that among the available itineraries include activities centered on nature-based tourism, eco-tourism, sun and beach, diving and marine sports, cruise and nautical. Also available are culture and heritage, pilgrimage, leisure and entertainment, M.I.C.E., education, culinary, and farm tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the tour packages include the Iloilo heritage and mystery tours, island adventure and escapade tours of Guimaras, Capiz, Antique, Aklan and Negros, as well as back-to-back trips with the island-towns of Carles, Ajuy-Concepcion, and the Gigantes group of islands.<\/p>\n<p>Tour packages consist of land and sea tourist transports, entrance fees, accredited tour guides, and typical Ilonggo meals and snacks.<\/p>\n<p>Undersecretary Alma Rita Jimenez pointed out that that with cross-selling of tourist destinations, localities become partners in tourism development by \u201csharing and exchanging\u201d visitors.<\/p>\n<p>DOT Region VI Regional Director Helen Catalbas pointed out that Western Visayas is a major contributor to the country\u2019s tourist arrivals, noting that it is the only region with two international airports (Kalibo and Iloilo) and three domestic airports (Caticlan in Aklan; Roxas in Capiz; and San Jose de Buenavista in Antique).<\/p>\n<p>Nearby Negros Occidental has the Bacolod-Silay International Airport. It remains a part of Western Visayas until the newly-formed Negros Region is activated.<\/p>\n<p>The region is currently featured at the DOT Showroom, highlighting the destinations, native crafts and farm produce from the provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras and Iloilo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013Western Visayas is popular for Boracay but that\u2019s not all as Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo is bent on cross-selling the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":103382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[336,5253],"class_list":["post-103381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-tourism","tag-western-visayas","mauthors-azer-n-parrocha","mauthors-antara-via-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}