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Posts Tagged ‘calicoan island’

Eastern Visayas may be next tourist spot

By • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: News

The Department of Tourism is currently assisting the Eastern Visayas region to become the next major tourism destination in the Philippines. This is according to an interview by Joey Gabieta of The Philippine Daily Inquirer with Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano. One of the major attractions would be Calicoan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, said [...]


Eastern Samar tourist destinations soon to be on the map – literally

By • Mar 30th, 2009 • Category: News

Soon, the tourist spots in Eastern Samar will be more accessible to those seeiking to go there, thanks to a collaboration between a map-making company and two government offices. The Business World reports that the United Tourist Promotions, the publisher of EZ Maps, will soon feature a map with the major tourist destinations in Samar [...]