ENHANCING TOURISM. Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc as he speaks in front of the Filipino-Chinese community at the Chinese Garden in Paoay, Ilocos Norte on Friday (June 10, 2022). The garden is being improved to encourage more tourists to the area.(PNA photo by Leilanie Adriano) LAOAG CITY -As coronavirus cases have been significantly low in this northern gateway of Luzon, Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc is hoping to welcome once again the pack of Chinese tourists that visit the province. While joining the Chinese and Filipino business community in a tree planting activity at the Chinese Garden located near the Malacanang of the North on Friday afternoon, Manotoc expressed hopes that the regular China flights to Laoag will be back soon. In pre-pandemic times, Chinese nationals used to dominate Ilocos Norte's foreign tourist arrivals based on records of the Ilocos Norte Tourism Office (INTO). Some of them arrived via chartered flights from Guangzhou, China,
LAOAG AIRPORT. The newly-upgraded Laoag International Airport is now ready to welcome bigger aircraft, such as Airbus A330. This aims to boost tourism and economic recovery efforts of the province amid a global pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Ronald Estabillo) LAOAG CITY - The Laoag International Airport (LIA) looks forward to welcoming bigger aircraft this year as the airport has been upgraded to Level 9 from its existing Level 7 category. In a phone interview on Monday, LIA manager Ronald Estabillo said a category Level 9 airport permits wide-body Airbus A330 to land at the newly upgraded runway. "This is in preparation for the planned direct international flights that we hope to be catering in the future," said Estabillo, as he reported a market demand for direct international flights to Laoag from Hong Kong, China, and Honolulu, Hawaii, and vice versa. Ilocos Norte province currently holds the highest percentage worldwide pegged at 61 percent of families receiving financial
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