{"id":235263,"date":"2019-10-20T06:22:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T10:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=235263"},"modified":"2025-01-18T11:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:05:53","slug":"tourists-invited-to-explore-ilocos-regions-18-fruit-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/20\/tourists-invited-to-explore-ilocos-regions-18-fruit-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourists invited to explore Ilocos Region\u2019s 18 fruit farms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: FARM TOURISM. Official logos of the Philippine farm tourism program and the slogan ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines.<\/p>\n
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Region 1 farm owners said it\u2019s about time to experience back-to-basics and enjoy life in rural community setting every now and then. (Graphics courtesy of DOT Region 1 via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Aside from surfing in La Union, island-hopping in Pangasinan, and revisiting history in Ilocos Norte and Sur, Region 1 also offers an authentic countryside experience to visitors with its growing number of farm tourism sites.<\/p>\n

Farm tourism is a hybrid concept that merges elements of the agriculture and tourism industry to open farms as part of travel itineraries.<\/p>\n

“We see the huge potential of tourism. With farm tourism, tourists would get to immerse with the back-to-basics concept that you can enjoy things living in a rural community,” Lea Santiago, owner of OUR Farm Republic in Mangatarem, Pangasinan, said at the recent media launch of Region 1 farm tourism in Quezon City.<\/p>\n

Santiago’s five-hectare land is a progressive organic farm that offers training and tours to show non-farmers “that organic farming can be fun while giving back to the earth”.<\/p>\n

“As early as 2010, we get a lot of curious visitors because our farm is located in a sitio surrounded by rice paddies, so we’re the only lot that plants different crops. Now, from 80, we already get around 800 tourists visiting us,” she said.<\/p>\n

Edita Dacuycuy, another farm owner in Region 1, shared the benefits of integrating agriculture to tourism, noting her Refmad Farms in Burgos, Ilocos Norte has already attracted a stream of tourists and dragon fruit lovers.<\/p>\n

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Refmad is the first dragon fruit plantation in the north, which Dacuycuy initially established to help her daughter who has cerebral palsy.<\/p>\n

Since the signing of the Farm Tourism Development Act in 2016, accredited sites in the Ilocos Region have reached 18, all unique to the region — dragon fruit farms in Ilocos Norte, grape gardens in La Union, and acres of eco-resorts in Pangasinan.<\/p>\n

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As of September 2019, the Department of Tourism has accredited a total of 174 farms across the country and it expects the numbers to further increase as the demand for \u201clow-impact tourism\u201d grows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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