By ULYSSES ESPARTERO
A group of first Canadian clients has directly engaged the services of the Aklan VISA Host Center under the program "Seamless Travel to Boracay and Beyond."
Tourism Expert Max Zurbito, Jr. said that owing to the significance of the visit of this group that opted to visit Aklan and Boracay instead of to Palawan and El Nido, the center has coordinated with the office of Aklan Gov. Carlito S. Marquez.
The Boracay Association of Resorts, Restaurants and Independent Allies (BARRIA) Consortium launched the Aklan VISA Host Center in March 2007.
Nabas Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member and Women in Nabas Federation President Rhuna Flores-Tipgos told Madyaas Pen that VISA Host stands for Visitors and Assistance (VISA) Home of Organized and Systematic Travel (HOST).
This is a response to the growing needs by the tourists and the traveling public for a professionally managed and delivered tourism services in Boracay Island and beyond.
The first of its kind in the country, the Aklan VISA Host Center shall serve as a one-stop shop where tourists and travelers’ needs shall be available 24 hours a day.
It shall serve as the center for the unified information on the tourism and travel service components within the domestic as well as international destinations.
It is also envisioned to be the central booking office for resorts, hotels, sea, air and land transports, tours, sightseeing and excursions.
"With this scheme, the tourists shall no longer experience the hustle in haggling for a price and paying as many times as they require the same services," Zurbito added. /MP
Tourism Expert Max Zurbito, Jr. said that owing to the significance of the visit of this group that opted to visit Aklan and Boracay instead of to Palawan and El Nido, the center has coordinated with the office of Aklan Gov. Carlito S. Marquez.
The Boracay Association of Resorts, Restaurants and Independent Allies (BARRIA) Consortium launched the Aklan VISA Host Center in March 2007.
Nabas Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member and Women in Nabas Federation President Rhuna Flores-Tipgos told Madyaas Pen that VISA Host stands for Visitors and Assistance (VISA) Home of Organized and Systematic Travel (HOST).
This is a response to the growing needs by the tourists and the traveling public for a professionally managed and delivered tourism services in Boracay Island and beyond.
The first of its kind in the country, the Aklan VISA Host Center shall serve as a one-stop shop where tourists and travelers’ needs shall be available 24 hours a day.
It shall serve as the center for the unified information on the tourism and travel service components within the domestic as well as international destinations.
It is also envisioned to be the central booking office for resorts, hotels, sea, air and land transports, tours, sightseeing and excursions.
"With this scheme, the tourists shall no longer experience the hustle in haggling for a price and paying as many times as they require the same services," Zurbito added. /MP
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