Bacolod City tourism propects bright for 2008
Bacolod City -- Bacolod City's tourism prospects are bright this year as more tourists arrive here with the city fast turning into the "call center capital" of Western Visayas and was recently adjudged the Most Business-Friendly City in the Philippines.
A report from the Bacolod City Tourism office shows that tourist arrivals hiked by 20 percent registering 303,314 in 2007 compared to 253,262 tourists in 2006. Gross receipts from tourism totaled P985,425M
Koreans topped the list of foreign visitors in the city with 10,308 followed by Americans 8,113, Japanese 5,211, Canadians 2,497, and Germans 2,309.
L'Fisher Hotel garnered the highest number of tourist with 29,162 house guests, Standard Hotel 23,885, Pension Bacolod 33,000, Bacolod Pension Plaza 16,547, and Palmas del Mar 28,461.
New hotels and accommodations have recently opened to welcome tourist growth in the city. These are Planta Hotel in Araneta St. with 82 rooms, and Bacolod Pavillion Hotel with 82 rooms. Westown Hotel in Lacson St. and Carribean Waterpark Resotel at Goldenfields Commercial Complex are yet to open. (PIA-LOL)