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MARIBOJOC.
Mayor Boy Evasco is bullish to develop this coastal
town into a major tourists' stop following his inventory
of possible areas for development.
He
cited four sites to be studied for development, namely:
the San Vicente mangrove board walk, the Postan Forest
in barangay Cabawan near Abatan River, the Bolok-bolok
Spring and the Candelaria Forest.
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The
existing board walk which needs upgrading will become the
home of eco-tourism lovers who wish to plant mangroves during
their visits while the Candelaria Forest is ideal for mountain
trekking.
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The
Bulok-bulok Spring can easily become the site of an
"indoor splash" resort where several pools
can camouflage with the greeneries toward a man-made
lake.
Mayor
Evasco, meantime, commissioned Holy Name University
to do a master plan for the development of the historic
Punta Cruz Watch tower.
Evasco,
who has long time been the "trouble shooter"
of Davao Mayor Duterte is back in his hometown to unload
his experiences and expertise which the town needs in
tracking its road for development.
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In
a recent site inspection, the mayor invited Prov'l Tourism
Chair Peter Dejaresco to the mangrove plantation where the
board walk is presently being managed by the San Vicente Mangrove
Association. He said the boardwalk will soon undergo upgrading
including the construction of rest huts where tourists can
take their "native merienda" prepared by the town
folks working under the umbrella of a cooperative. However,
the LGU will still work out an agreement with the lot owners
to have the area at the end of the board walk fully developed
into a view deck facing the seas off Maribojoc Bay.
"The
proximity of this town to Tagbilaran makes it very ideal for
a major tourism development," the PTC chair told the
mayor while citing the gigantic plan of Rep. Edgar Chatto
for the development of the Abatan River Tour of which Maribojoc
is one of the important players.
The
municipal tourism council will soon be commissioned to spearhead
this development plan, the mayor concluded while preparing
his sales blitz trip to the United States late this year.
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