{"id":51777,"date":"2015-06-14T20:29:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T12:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51777"},"modified":"2025-01-09T02:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T07:03:26","slug":"coron-tourism-increases-by-6000-visitors-in-q1-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/14\/coron-tourism-increases-by-6000-visitors-in-q1-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Coron tourism increases by 6,000 visitors in Q1 &#8211; 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33054\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225128794.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33054\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225128794.jpg\" alt=\"Coron, Palawan (shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225128794.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225128794-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225128794-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coron, Palawan (shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CORON, Palawan \u2013 Coron\u2019s tourism industry is in good health again barely two years after super typhoon Haiyan\u2019s devastation, according to Joselito Arzaga, the manager of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) at the Francisco B. Reyes Airport in this scenic town in northern Palawan.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the media, who attended the 5th U.S. Embassy Seminar for Regional Media (Writing for Survival: Media for Marine Conservation) held here from June 11-12, Arzaga said that now, they are back to welcoming 400 foreign and domestic tourists a day since the first quarter of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt went down when Yolanda (Haiyan) hit us in 2013 to as low as 200,\u201d Arzaga told the Philippine News Agency (PNA).<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy xifaxan online <a href=\"https:\/\/physiciansalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/xifaxan.html\">https:\/\/physiciansalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/xifaxan.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Home to Kayangan Lake, which was held as the cleanest inland body of water in the Philippines, and as its ship wreck capital, he said \u201cvisitors actually, never stopped visiting Coron even after Yolanda\u2019s devastating onslaught.<\/p>\n<p>Most of those, who came and supported Coron\u2019s rise from the super typhoon were reportedly Russians and Koreans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe LGU (local government unit) mentioned to me before that Russians and Koreans never stopped visiting us,\u201d Arzaga said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy mounjaro online <a href=\"https:\/\/physiciansalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/mounjaro.html\">https:\/\/physiciansalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/mounjaro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He added too, that there is no more \u201clean season\u201d in Coron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have a lean season anymore. All year round visitors come. Tourism just sort of laid low for a few months,\u201d he said, adding this was probably because of news reports of Yolanda\u2019s destruction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen our airport here closed, people thought that\u2019s going to be for a long time. However, when they learned that it was okay, and it went back to operation immediately, they\u2019re back visiting us,\u201d the airport manager said.<\/p>\n<p>Arzaga disclosed that there are projects they are awaiting for the Francisco B. Reyes Airport, such as water system development that will have a budget from the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), the landscaping of the parking area, and a new arrival area.<\/p>\n<p>The DOTC, he explained, plans to utilize the old passenger terminal building adjacent the airport to become the arrival area.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis soft tabs online <a href=\"https:\/\/physiciansalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-soft-tabs.html\">https:\/\/physiciansalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-soft-tabs.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The projects will reportedly happen before the end of the year. 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