Bugang, One of RP’s Best New Tourist Destinations
I just got some good news. Bugang was nominated as one of the Philippines’ 9 Best New Tourist Destinations. So I updated Pandan.gov.ph right away, the Official Website of the Municipality of Pandan, Antique, Philippines. This article can be redistributed so I just copied and pasted parts of the article here. I will post this too at Friendster, Hi5, Yahoo Groups, among others.
Bugang, Hiyas ng Turismo 2006 Finalist
Bugang, One of the Philippines’ 9 Best New Tourist Destinations
March 09, 2006 – Bugang River of Pandan, Antique in Panay Island of the Visayas Region (Region VI) is one of the nine (9) finalists in a nationwide search for new and undiscovered tourist destinations dubbed as “Hiyas ng Turismo 2006″.
The search for the country’s best new destination was launched last year by the Women in Travel Manila and the Philippines’ Department of Tourism (DOT).
You can help Bugang River to win “Hiyas ng Turismo 2006″ and become the Philippines’ best new tourist destination by sending your votes. To vote, just text: HIYAS(space)VOTE(space)BUGANG and send it to 2308 for Globe, 2951 for Smart and 2315 for Sun Cellular subscribers. Voting period is until March 16, 2006.
Text votes will comprise 30 percent of the total score and the remaining 70 percent will be coming from the national judges. Final judging will be on March 17, 2006 at 3 o’clock in the afternoon at the the Department of Tourism Auditorium. Awarding ceremony will be on March 28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Pasay City, Philipines.
Read more at the Official Website of the Municipality of Pandan, Antique, Philippines
dated March 09, 2006, Thursday
URL: http://www.pandan.gov.ph/news/2006/03/09/bugang-hiyas-ng-turismo-2006-finalist/
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nice to hear this great news Sof. I feel so honored to be an Antiqueno. I know your site is the catalyst for this discovery of one of the scenic spots in our province. Wow, this is what I call social revolution… i mean, reaching out to the rest of the country, telling our countrymen that we have something to offer them .. a place to lay their weary soul… a new haven as what i call it. So you see, in this aspect… efforts like yours and mine..(if i have) are bearing fruit… hope to see more of this in the days to come…
sige lang kita himu kang mga site nga makabulig kang bahul sa aton probisnsya, no matter how big or small our conserted efforts are.
im really proud to be an Antiqueno… soon… more of these things will certainly put our province in the central perspective… visible to the prying eyes of people who long for a respite in their chaotic daily routines…
kruhay!!!!
proud of your works!!!
Hello Donz… Salamat gid… If people will explore Bugang and Pandan, they might think that they might as well visit other places in Antique. Antique is an interesting place and has a lot to offer. People just don’t know it. And I hope it will not be exploited. Spread the good news ron lang kay di man kita kaboto unless may roaming ka.
Gani man. gusto ko man daad magboto garing bisan may load ang roaming ko, 30 pesos lang man dya. nangayu man lang ko gani kang load kay better half para makareceive kang text ang roaming ko. daw pira ron ka bulan nga wara ako makareceive kang text mong. nyways, ayhan magdaug ang Tugbong..(bugang river). malagaw ko bala anay para ma post ko ang imong message…
padayun lang ta sa paglagaw sa internet para mapamaan sa tanan ang beauty kang aton probinsya….