Oriental Provincial Capitol. It will wind up at the Press Freedom Monument where a Thanksgiving Mass will be held at 6:00 a.m. officiated by Msgr. Elmer Abacahin, followed by a fellowship breakfast at 7:00 a.m. inside the COPC Boardroom. A Radio Tour at Magnum Radio,
Bombo Radyo and Radyo Agong, have also been scheduled at 11:00 a.m., Goking said. He said COPC members are also invited to the fellowship dinner at the Oriental Garden of Philtown Hotel, this city, at 7:00 p.m.
Camiguin posts 17.15% increase in tourist arrivals for the first half of the year By Jorie C. Valcorza
CAMIGUIN, Mambajao – A total of 183,162 local and foreign tourists were recorded to have visited the island, from January to June, this year. “This figure, was actually 26,816 tourists or 17.15 percent higher compared to 156,346 tourists during the same period, last year,” Candice Naomi L. Boromeo, Provincial Tourism Officer, said. Records at the Provincial Tourism Office (PTO), also, show that the most number of tourists visited the island during the 2nd quarter with 131,181, compared to the 1st quarter with only 49,981. Of this figure, domestic tourists registered at 145,460, followed by “Panaad” or traditional walk of penitence during the Holy Week, 33,215, foreign tourists, 4,264, “balikbayans” or Filipinos living abroad but are in the country for a vacation, 257. The PTO data also show that the most number of tourists visited Camiguin during the month of April Photo Credits: http://panukad.net
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with 60,222, followed by May, 42,515, and June, 30,444. During the 1st quarter, the month of March recorded the most number of tourists with 23,781, followed by January, 15,344 and lowest in February with 10,856, Meanwhile, Borromeo said Camiguin posted an increase of 15,404 visitors or 5.07 percent, last year, from the previous full year’s bulk of 319,168 in 2010.