Negros aims to surpass 500K tourists target

By Eugene Y. Adiong

Mar 16, 2023 12:27 am

BACOLOD CITY: The Provincial Tourism Office is optimistic and hopeful that Negros Occidental will surpass the 500,000 tourist arrivals target set by the Department of Tourism (DoT) for this year, Cheryl Decena, provincial tourism officer, said.

Decena said that last year, the province was able to surpass the 350,000 target set by the DoT for overnight tourists, both domestic and foreign, who visited the different tourist destinations in the province.

One of Masskara Festival’s many queens walks to the beat of the street music in this undated photo from Bacolod City’s local tourism office. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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