{"id":85943,"date":"2017-01-19T19:52:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T00:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=85943"},"modified":"2017-01-19T19:52:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T00:52:31","slug":"dot-to-put-up-tourist-information-and-assistance-center-during-dinagyang-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/19\/dot-to-put-up-tourist-information-and-assistance-center-during-dinagyang-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT to put up tourist information and assistance center during Dinagyang Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_85944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85944\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15032308_1309907462392962_8636513450125745021_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85944\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15032308_1309907462392962_8636513450125745021_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Department of Tourism in Western Visayas will put up a Tourist Information and Assistance Center during the Dinagyang Festival (Pictured) to assist tourists who are coming to this city. (Photo: Dinagyang Festival\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15032308_1309907462392962_8636513450125745021_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15032308_1309907462392962_8636513450125745021_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15032308_1309907462392962_8636513450125745021_n-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/15032308_1309907462392962_8636513450125745021_n-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Department of Tourism in Western Visayas will put up a Tourist Information and Assistance Center during the Dinagyang Festival (Pictured) to assist tourists who are coming to this city. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dinagyangsailoilofestival\">Dinagyang Festival\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ILOILO CITY \u2013The Department of Tourism in Western Visayas will put up a Tourist Information and Assistance Center during the Dinagyang Festival to assist tourists who are coming to this city.<\/p>\n<p>The center will be put up in front of the Amigo Terrace Hotel at Iznart Street, City Proper and will open from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on January 21-22.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview Thursday, DOT-6 regional director Helen Catalbas said that tourists who are staying in DOT-accredited hotels are invited to drop by at the center to avail of their services.<\/p>\n<p>They could ask information from DOT personnel regarding the festival, locations of establishments in the city, tourist spots in Western Visayas and any other questions and inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>Catalbas said that snacks will be provided even as they are invited to take time to rest at the center.<\/p>\n<p>A media lounge will also be provided where practitioners could stay, interact with tourists and gather information such as tourists arrivals.<\/p>\n<p>The regional office of DOT will also be open 24 hours over the weekend to serve the requirements of tourists as well as local visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Catalbas expressed optimism that more tourists will be coming to witness this year\u2019s Dinagyang Festival.<\/p>\n<p>She said that DOT-6 has recorded a significant increase yearly in tourist arrivals during the three-day period of the festival.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, she said that the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and other business establishments in this city could generate more income.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ILOILO CITY \u2013The Department of Tourism in Western Visayas will put up a Tourist Information and Assistance Center during the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":85944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[13954,6052,336],"class_list":["post-85943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-dinagyang-festival","tag-iloilo-city","tag-tourism","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85943","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=85943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}