Bizman: Government road projects to boost tourism

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Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2015/08/16/bizman-government-road-projects-boost-tourism-424933
Sunday, August 16, 2015

By Ian Ocampo Flora

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PamCham) vice chairman Rene Romero said Sunday that he has high hopes that the Department of Tourism (DOT) projects for Central Luzon under the Tourism Road Infrastructure Project Prioritization Criteria (TRIPPC) will provide a "needed boost" to the region's tourism activities.

Romero, a senior member of the Regional Development Council, said that some of the programs under construction works. Among these are the Clark – Angeles – Magalang Road, Angeles City and the West Circumferential Road (Friendship Highway) Angeles City Section.

Other plans for the TRIPPC in Central Luzon include the Lourdes – Clark Airbase Road, Tarlac, and the Pantabangan- Canili Bypass Road Aurora Province. Plans with direct impact on Pampanga tourism include the Aquino Byway – MNR (via San Jose Malino Anao Road and del Rosario Calulut San Fernando) and the Aquino Byway Manila North Road (via Mabalacat – Magalang Road).

Romero said that once the road projects are fully realized, travelers and tourists will have easy access to different tourism destinations in Pampanga and Central Luzon.

"The quality and availability of road networks leading to tourism destinations have an effect on the overall tourism plans of the different provinces serviced by these projects," Romero said, adding that they are closely monitoring the developments of the road programs.