NUMBERS GAME. The tourist town of Moalboal has already matched 34 percent of its 2022 income from snorkeling in the first two months of the year alone. (Contributed photo)
“Thank God our tourism business has picked up and we are at 60 percent pre-Covid level already in terms of foreign tourists. You can already see a lot of tourists strolling around town. They no longer have apprehensions or worries. Plus, the measures implemented by our Governor, when she relaxed restrictions, really helped,” said Moalboal Mayor Inocentes Cabaron.
Moalboal also generated a total of P1,931,610 from those availing of its island hopping and snorkeling services and an additional P1,175,910 from beach goers.
Last year, Moalboal was the top destination for tourists outside of Metro Cebu, registering a total of 19,903, almost 6,000 ahead of the next-best destination Daanbantayan.
Mayor Cabaron expects the figure to have a dramatic increase this year with the expected arrival of Chinese tourists.
“Now that China is opening up, we are expecting Chinese tourists also. Chinese tourists don’t come individually, they arrive in busloads,” said Cabaron.
For the first two months of 2023 alone, Moalboal has equaled 25 percent of its 2022 income from island-hopping, 34 percent from snorkeling and 19 percent from beachgoers.
In 2022, Moalboal earned P13.2 million from tourism-related user fees and was used for tourism-related improvements. (PR)
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