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Written by Loren
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 |
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The tour guiding job was initiated in the city because of the significant boost in the city’s ecotourism, mainly the bird-watching site . A census of water birds was conducted by bird experts, DENR team, and PWU tour guides (namely: Jayson Cayanan and Frances Rosselle Gonzales, and tourism students Chyrwin Field, Jinky Larion and Pamela Banzon). The five tour guides attended series of tour-guiding seminars at the provincial tourism office and at the Balanga City tourism office.
The seminar taught them to have skills development that will help them to correctly identify and name the migratory and endemic birds found in the wetlands and mudflats.
According to Department of Tourism, Barangay Sibacan, Tortugas and Puerto Rivas are included in the list of 12 official bird-watching sites in the Philippines. According to the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines (WBCP), the wetlands in this city catch the attention of one of the largest concentrations of wanderer shorebirds and waterfowls anywhere in the Philippines. The DENR and bird experts proved that there were 18,679 migratory water birds that are living in the wetlands of this city. Last year, 15,251 water birds were counted. [via businessmirror.com.ph]
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