NORDIS WEEKLY
April 3, 2005

 

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DOT-CAR awards best decorated establishments

BAGUIO CITY (Mar. 28) — Complementing its program of boosting Baguio’s tourism industry, the Department of Tourism (DOT)-CAR awarded the winners of the search for Panagbenga’s Best Floral Decorated establishment during the Kapihan sa Benguet held at Hotel Elizabeth last March 22.

From 41 participants this year, only nine emerged as winners.

The winners are as follows: El Cielito Hotel, hotel category; Green Valley Hotel/Resort, resort category; Inn Rocio, inn category; Nardas, souvenir shop category; Rose Bowl Restaurant, restaurant category; Gracious Angelie Travels &Tours, travel and tour agency category; Vistro Inn, pension house category; J&E Petron Station, restroom category for gas station and R&R for park and city restrooms.

According to DOT-CAR Director Purificacion Molintas, the contest was conceived during the fourth year of the Panagbenga to encourage participation from various tourism establishments during the festival.

She also added that the agency is also giving a very special premium for those establishments which are maintaining a special flower decorated area within the whole year.

The contest is also hinged towards the objective of boosting the cut flower industry in the Cordillera.

“For us to be able to bring livelihood to the countryside, we must be able to maintain the livelihood of the other people in their respective areas…tourism means jobs. By creating jobs, we must create activities like sustainability of vegetable and flower industry”, Molintas said.

This year, the contest was opened for all tourism-related establishments, accredited and non-accredited by the DOT. # June Arvin C. Gudoy and Irene Jane A. Lorenzo / MMSU interns


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