Legazpi City yields 1.27M tourist arrivals in 2019

LEGAZPI CITY—At least 1.27 million domestic and foreign tourists visited Legazpi City in 2019 which remains to be one of the most attractive places in Bicol.

It was higher compared to the tourist arrivals in 2018 with only 1.25 million visitors.

Agapita Pacres, Legazpi Tourism Officer, said that most of the foreign tourists who visited the city came from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and India. She added that the domestic visitors were still the main contributors of the huge number of tourist arrivals in Legazpi.

Based on the record of the City Tourism Office, at least 240 Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) were conducted in Legazpi last year. It was one of the biggest contributors in the increasing number of tourists in the city.

It also includes the reunions and other forms of big gathering conducted by different giant national and international organizations, Pacres stated.

She explained that the Mt. Mayon was still the frontline of attractions in Legazpi along with the national and international sporting events such as the Mt. Mayon Triathlon and national beach volleyball during the celebration of Ibalong festival every August, and Le Tour de Filipinas every month of February.

Tourists are also attracted in riding the All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) over lava hills and along the rugged crevices down the Mt. Mayon slopes, she added.

Another tourist spot in the city includes the Ligñon Hill view deck nature park, a 156-meter peak offering a panoramic 360-degree view of Legazpi, Daraga town and. Albay Gulf. It is also the best viewing place for Mayon Volcano.

Moreover, Pacres pointed out the southern boulevard of Legazpi which serves as an artistic venue for physical fitness activities. It was a four-kilometer stretch of wide concrete road bordering the long beach of Albay Gulf.

The promotions of these tourist destinations in the city were the main factors of the increasing number of tourist arrivals, Pacres said. (CEB/EPS/PIA Albay)

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