ASEAN awards

SIX OF the 11 “Green Hotel” ASEAN Tourism Standards awardees in the Philippines for this year are located in the Central Visayas Region, particularly the provinces of Cebu and Bohol. In Cebu, these are: Bluewater Maribago Beach Resort (Lapu Lapu City), Crimson Resort and Spa Mactan, and P & I Resorts, Inc. — Pulchra (San Fernando). In Bohol: Amorita Resort, The Bellevue Resort Bohol, and the Bohol Beach Club Resort. Two in Baguio City — Baguio Country Club and The Manor at Camp John Hay — also made it to the list. The Conrad Manila was the lone awardee in Metro Manila. The other two are: Fundacion Pacita Batanes Nature Lodge in Basco, Batanes, and Pangulasian Island Resort in El Nido, Palawan. The Green Hotel award focuses on initiatives towards sustainability. “Our tourism partners like you are the backbone that make quality visitor experience tangible,” said Tourism Undersecretary Alma Rita Jimenez during a recognition ceremony held in Manila recently.

CLEAN CITIES
Meanwhile, three cities were given the ASEAN Clean Tourist City award, namely: Davao; Pasig in the National Capital Region; and San Carlos in Negros Occidental. The ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Award was also given to tour packages for both urban and rural category, namely: “Walk on the Wild Side” in Puerto Princesa, Palawan; and “Palina Greenbelt River Cruise Experience Along the Landscape of Three Coastal Ecosystems Operated by a Fisherfolk Organization” in Roxas City, Capiz

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