Ilocos Sur creates tourists adventure zone

VIGAN CITY – The provincial government is creating an adventure zone at the premises of the historic Abra River located in-between Barangays Banaoang in Santa and Bantay town to attract more tourists to the province.

This involves the construction of zip lines that cross the Abra River and other adventure activities at the site, like rappelling, climbing and kayaking.
Ilocos Sur Governor Luis Chavit Singson said that 15 celebrities participated in the recently concluded “Traverse Ilocos Sur Adventure Challenge: Discover the Wonders of Ilocos Sur.”
The event formed part of the launching activities of some of the events in the Ilocos Sur Adventure Zone.
Among the celebrity participants were Emilio Garcia, Tyrone Perez and Sam Pinto.
The celebrities explored the historic Vigan City’s Heritage Village, the “empanadahan”, the jar making factory (Pagburnayan), the Baluarte Zoo, Bantay Bell Tower and the Abra River.
At the Abra River, the celebrities swam and performed kayaking to signify the launching of this adventure zone’s activity.
Singson said the provincial government launched the development of an adventure zone to create additional tourist spot that would encourage more tourists to visit and stay in the province.
“The site of the Ilocos Sur Adventure Zone is historically significant as this was where the prominent President Quirino Bridge that connects Ilocos provinces to Cagayan Valley region and Metro Manila is,” Singson said.
“Thus, our adventure zone has unique scenic views that induce maximum relaxation and amusement,” he added.
For his part, Vice Governor Deogracias Victor “DV” B. Savellano said that the Ilocos Sur adventure zone is now open to the public while the fixing of the zip lines is still going on.
To ensure the quality services for the tourists, who would try to participate in these activities at the site, the Ilocos Sur provincial government trained selected persons on different safety measures to be adopted in all the events in the adventure zone.