{"id":22403,"date":"2014-08-16T21:45:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T13:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=22403"},"modified":"2014-08-16T21:11:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T13:11:41","slug":"lapu-lapu-city-resort-launches-helium-balloon-rides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/16\/lapu-lapu-city-resort-launches-helium-balloon-rides\/","title":{"rendered":"Lapu-Lapu City resort launches helium balloon rides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/hot-air-balloon-e1408194674307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22415\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/hot-air-balloon-e1408194674307.jpg\" alt=\"hot air balloon\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/hot-air-balloon-e1408194674307.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/hot-air-balloon-e1408194674307-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu &#8212; Tourists visiting Lapu-Lapu City will now have a bird\u2019s eye view of Mactan and neighboring islands through helium balloon rides.<\/p>\n<p>The Cebu Helium Balloon, which is located in Hadsan Beach Complex, is owned by Jack Song, chief executive officer of Aura Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Song&#8217;s company has been operating it since early this year.<\/p>\n<p>The balloon has a diameter of 22.80 meters and a height of 34 meters.<\/p>\n<p>The recreational ride has a capacity of 30 passengers. The ascension height goes up to 150 meters and the ride lasts for about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>A 360-degree panoramic view of the neighboring islands, resorts and popular spots of the Historic Resort City of Lapu-Lapu allows the passengers to move around while being soared up to the sky, according to company officials.<\/p>\n<p>The Cebu Helium Balloon is situated in a wide area and has durable control cables enough for the operators to maneuver the recreational ride.<\/p>\n<p>A tension cable is also connected from the ground to control the balloon&#8217;s ascent and descent with an electrical switch.<\/p>\n<p>The company has a total of seven &#8220;pilots&#8221; trained in Korea, enough for them to guide and assist the public in riding the helium balloon.<\/p>\n<p>Helena Hwang, chief secretary of Aura Inc. said this is the first recreational ride of its kind in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Hwang said the company will soon set up such attraction in the province of Bohol and Boracay Island.<\/p>\n<p>Hwang said they chose Lapu-Lapu City first because of its beautiful scenery of coastal beaches surrounding the island.<\/p>\n<p>The ride costs P1,000 for adults and P700 for children aged 2 to 12 years. Foreign adults are charged USD50 and children, USD30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu &#8212; Tourists visiting Lapu-Lapu City will now have a bird\u2019s eye view of Mactan and neighboring islands &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":22415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","category-travel","mauthors-eddie-o-barrita","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22403","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}