Hundred Islands hugs world tourism limelight anew

ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – The city of Alaminos once again hogged the international limelight when the Hundred Islands was featured in an article that appeared in the Yahoo web portal.
The article written by Gael Hilotin, a Filipina, entitled “Budget Travel: Hundred Islands National Park” puts Alaminos City anew in the world tourism map.
Millions of Internet users from all over the world must now have read that article in the Yahoo portal.
In the article, Hilotin described the beauty of the Hundred Islands which, incidentally, was also at the cover of a book in the United Kingdom including it as “501 Must-Visit Islands.”
At the same time, the World Travel Mart considers the Hundred Islands as “One of the Best Bird Watching Sites”.
Hilotin wrote that the Hundred Islands is a favorite destination of world tourists with meager budget.
She significantly mentioned that the provincial government of Pangasinan even considers the Hundred Islands as the number one tourist spot not only in Pangasinan but the whole region.
Management and supervision of the Hundred Islands is now by the Alaminos City government after the Philippine Tourism Authority turned it over in September 2005.
A report of the Alaminos City tourism office showed that some 200,000 local and foreign tourists visited Hundred Islands last year.
Under the PTA, the highest number of tourist arrival was only at 40,000.