Lubuagan official expresses dismay over pigheaded travelers

Lubuagan, Kalinga―The Municipal Tourism Office of Lubuagan expresses dismay over unauthorized visits to tourism sites in their locality despite prohibition of any kind of tourism activities within the municipality.

Municipal Tourism Officer Ansherina Rose Odiem narrated that they have no accurate recorded profile of these tourists, and their visits to the tourism sites were only known when their pictures had been posted on social media.

“Nagrigat talaga nga i-control especially ta along the highway tayo. Adda talaga dagiti visits a santu mi na lang maamuwan nu i-post da thru social media dagiti pictures da. We have been posting advisories thru social media and even printed tarps and made them visible at strategic areas to remind the public pero matigas talaga ulo ng iba,” she said.

She added that even the attraction Cadamayan Mysterious Falls of Barangay Western Uma, in particular, has been entered without their permission. The attraction was declared closed to the public even before the pandemic.

Odiem emphasized that if travelers continue to disobey protocols on avoidance of leisure visits and observance of health protocols, it could possibly increase the cases of local transmission resulting to the continuous rise of CoViD-19 cases in the province.

Meantime, the Municipal Tourism, Culture and Arts Council (MTCA) is set to convene by June for them to tackle and propose intensified protocols to be imposed.

“Still, thankful tayo to our partners, the managers of tourist attractions, kasi idi kuna tayo a suspended paylang ti tourism activities, they cooperated. Right now, our priorities are the health and safety of our community. We urge everyone's cooperation and respect to the imposed protocols set by the government,” Odiem expressed.

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