* TRAVEL, TOURISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT *
"PUERTO PRINCESA UNDERGROUND RIVER, OFFICIALLY IN NEW 7 WONDERS"
By: Thea Alberto-Masakayan
January 29, 2012
The astonishing Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) in Palawan is officially one of the New7wonders of nature, authorities said Saturday.
Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, announced that the 8.2-kilometer navigable river made it to the list, according to the New7Wonders site.
This news might boost Philippine tourism and comes just weeks after the Department of Tourism unveiled its new tourism slogan "It's more fun in the Philippines," to attract more foreign travelers.
In November 2011, PPUR made it to the provisional list of the New7wonders. To date, PPUR is the only provisional winner that has been confirmed apart from South Korea's Jeju Island.
"The remaining five provisional New7Wonders of Nature are currently undergoing the three steps of the verification process, namely the national voting validation, the global voting calculation confirmation by an independent audit firm, and the preparation and implementation of the Official Inauguration ceremonies," the New7Wonders said in a statement.
Apart from its actual river, PPUR boasts of gigantic stalactites formations and picturesque "caves".
Malacanang, which also vigorously campaigned for PPUR, also welcomed the news.
"Confirmation that the Puerto Princesa Underground River is one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature is welcome news indeed. Throughout the competition, Filipinos from all walks of life have given time, energy, and resources to this campaign," Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a statement.
President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino himself campaigned for PPUR's victory, noting that its inclusion in the New7Wonders would not only "bolster a sense of national pride" but will also provide employment.
"We must also remember that the tourists we can potentially attract will redound to thousands of employment opportunities; our success here will ultimately breed success for Filipinos everywhere," Aquino had said.
Puerto Princesa Mayor Edward Hagedorn was meanwhile quoted in the New7wonders statement as saying that this will surely boost PH's image.
“World-wide exposure of our natural beauty on this level is critical both for tourism and for our image nationally and internationally," Hagedorn reportedly added.
Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, announced that the 8.2-kilometer navigable river made it to the list, according to the New7Wonders site.
This news might boost Philippine tourism and comes just weeks after the Department of Tourism unveiled its new tourism slogan "It's more fun in the Philippines," to attract more foreign travelers.
In November 2011, PPUR made it to the provisional list of the New7wonders. To date, PPUR is the only provisional winner that has been confirmed apart from South Korea's Jeju Island.
"The remaining five provisional New7Wonders of Nature are currently undergoing the three steps of the verification process, namely the national voting validation, the global voting calculation confirmation by an independent audit firm, and the preparation and implementation of the Official Inauguration ceremonies," the New7Wonders said in a statement.
Apart from its actual river, PPUR boasts of gigantic stalactites formations and picturesque "caves".
Malacanang, which also vigorously campaigned for PPUR, also welcomed the news.
"Confirmation that the Puerto Princesa Underground River is one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature is welcome news indeed. Throughout the competition, Filipinos from all walks of life have given time, energy, and resources to this campaign," Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a statement.
President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino himself campaigned for PPUR's victory, noting that its inclusion in the New7Wonders would not only "bolster a sense of national pride" but will also provide employment.
"We must also remember that the tourists we can potentially attract will redound to thousands of employment opportunities; our success here will ultimately breed success for Filipinos everywhere," Aquino had said.
Puerto Princesa Mayor Edward Hagedorn was meanwhile quoted in the New7wonders statement as saying that this will surely boost PH's image.
“World-wide exposure of our natural beauty on this level is critical both for tourism and for our image nationally and internationally," Hagedorn reportedly added.
SUMMARY:
The very interesting local media entitled, "Puerto Princesa Underground River, Officially in New 7 Wonders" made by Thea Alberto-Masakayan, was about the inclusion of the local tourist spot as one of the official new sites in the 7 Wonders of the world. As viewed on the video, Puerto Princesa definitely has more wonderful sites from shores, islands, forests, coral reefs, caves and underground rivers, no wonder this island is a paradise island for the Filipinos. The video shows the true nature-made structures in the island of Palawan, which gives off many natural resources from fishes as food sources, to forests as shelters. As we see in the picture above, Puerto Princesa has become a tourist spot and wonderful vacation site for locals and tourists around the world through the government's advertisement of their city. Also seen in the picture, a group of civilians exploring the beautiful and amazing nature-made underground river with bats inside, stalactites hanging from uppermost perspective, and with other many interesting sights inside such as left marks and drawings by the ancient people. These amazing discoveries made the underground river one of the new 7 wonders of the world. All in all, the underground river is definitely one of the local spots that we Filipinos should nurture and should be proud of.
The very interesting local media entitled, "Puerto Princesa Underground River, Officially in New 7 Wonders" made by Thea Alberto-Masakayan, was about the inclusion of the local tourist spot as one of the official new sites in the 7 Wonders of the world. As viewed on the video, Puerto Princesa definitely has more wonderful sites from shores, islands, forests, coral reefs, caves and underground rivers, no wonder this island is a paradise island for the Filipinos. The video shows the true nature-made structures in the island of Palawan, which gives off many natural resources from fishes as food sources, to forests as shelters. As we see in the picture above, Puerto Princesa has become a tourist spot and wonderful vacation site for locals and tourists around the world through the government's advertisement of their city. Also seen in the picture, a group of civilians exploring the beautiful and amazing nature-made underground river with bats inside, stalactites hanging from uppermost perspective, and with other many interesting sights inside such as left marks and drawings by the ancient people. These amazing discoveries made the underground river one of the new 7 wonders of the world. All in all, the underground river is definitely one of the local spots that we Filipinos should nurture and should be proud of.
REFLECTION:
The local media was created by Thea-Alberto Masakayan from the Yahoo news media. To attract my attention, the creative technique that was used was through the implementation of the video and hearing news and interesting rumors and opinions all over the country about the insertion of the underground river as one of the new seven wonders of the world. Personally, I already visited the province of Puerto Princesa and explored the wonders of the island including the underground river. Gathering this media, I feel more happy and proud to be a Filipino for in actual, it definitely was a blessing of a amazing nature-made structure to us, and being part of the new 7 wonders makes us more excited for more tourists will come and visit the wonderful site. Others who haven't still visited the site, may see this media as an uninteresting and passive one, but from my point of view, interacting the site feels more awe and wonder inside and that is why I see this media as a news that we should all be proud of. The lifestyle showed is being nature-lover and the values are being environmental and conservative to our natural resources. This message is being sent to us primarily because the Philippines has many wonderful and amazing sites not only the underground river, and the Filipinos should never stop caring and loving their own local resources for someday, these nature-made structures will be the one to save us and prosper the lives of every Filipino with a future blessing of success and progress economically and nationally.
The local media was created by Thea-Alberto Masakayan from the Yahoo news media. To attract my attention, the creative technique that was used was through the implementation of the video and hearing news and interesting rumors and opinions all over the country about the insertion of the underground river as one of the new seven wonders of the world. Personally, I already visited the province of Puerto Princesa and explored the wonders of the island including the underground river. Gathering this media, I feel more happy and proud to be a Filipino for in actual, it definitely was a blessing of a amazing nature-made structure to us, and being part of the new 7 wonders makes us more excited for more tourists will come and visit the wonderful site. Others who haven't still visited the site, may see this media as an uninteresting and passive one, but from my point of view, interacting the site feels more awe and wonder inside and that is why I see this media as a news that we should all be proud of. The lifestyle showed is being nature-lover and the values are being environmental and conservative to our natural resources. This message is being sent to us primarily because the Philippines has many wonderful and amazing sites not only the underground river, and the Filipinos should never stop caring and loving their own local resources for someday, these nature-made structures will be the one to save us and prosper the lives of every Filipino with a future blessing of success and progress economically and nationally.
Reference
Masakayan, T. (2012, January 29). Puerto Princesa Underground River officially in New7wonders. Retrieved July 8, 2013, from http://ph.news.yahoo.com/puerto-princesa-underground-river-officially-in-new7wonders.html
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Media Log by: SHANON CHRISTOPHER A. GAERLAN
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