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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The delegates in the 45th Meeting of the Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank (ADB) experienced fun in the province, said Department of Tourism (DOT) Central Luzon director Ronnie Tiotuico.

The 45th Meeting of the Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank (ADB) at the PICC (Philippine International Convention Center) which was attended by some 5,000 delegates from 67 member countries ended on May 5 with a More Fun sightseeing and experiential tour of the sights and sites of Pampanga, Tiotuico said.

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Tiotuico said some 22 delegates and their companions were treated to a fun-filled day of creating awareness about what the province of Pampanga offers in the realm of travel and tourism, history, culinary arts, and trade and industry.

A few hours before the visitors arrived in Pampanga, some 50 policemen were already dispatched in strategic areas leading to the towns of Bacolor and Guagua.

Members of the Sinukwan Performing Arts showed the ADB delegates some of the native dances.

DOT personnel greeted the guests with sampaguita leis courtesy of the provincial tourism office, Tiotuico said.

A visit to the San Guillermo Church in the historic town of Bacolor awed delegates as they discovered how some 67,000 Bacoloreos struggled to overcome the challenges of Mt. Pinatubos eruption in 1991.

Delegates were amazed by the community effort, as explained by Vice Mayor Atty. Jun Canlas, in rebuilding their half-buried church to become the site of frequent visitation from local and foreign tourists including the peoples unwavering campaign to start up its social development through the conduct of the Makatapak Festival (barefoot festival) now well organized more than 20 years after the volcanic eruption, Tiotuico said.

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ADB delegates take ‘fun’ Pampanga tour