NegOr’s Buglasan Festival brings tourism to ‘greater heights’
by Jennifer Catan-Tilos
DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) The 6th Buglasan Festival of festivals of Negros Oriental grand opening on October 14 expected to increase tourist influx throughout the two-week celebration.
Provincial Governor Roel Degamo has invited chief executives of some neighboring provinces and anticipated thousands of visitors to witness the grandest festival of Negros Oriental.
Festival directorate head, former vice-governor Mariant Villegas said with a series of tourism events, it will change the economic landscape of the province's capital city with more hotels sprouting, additional flights, establishments of malls to include gas stations and other commercial buildings.
Villegas said, this year’s Buglasan theme celebration, “Working Together to Bring Negros Oriental Tourism to Greater Heights.”
The first Miss Negros Oriental Tourism candidates representing 15 local government units (LGUs) of the province is one of an added attraction of the celebration and kicks off on October 9 as a prelude presentation at 6:00 p.m. at Robinson’s Place.
On the 14th a grand city- wide civic-military parade will start with a big bang of sights and sounds at 2:00 p.m. from Rizal Boulevard and end at the Sidalkan Negros Village.
Expected to participate in the parade are from different schools with drum and bugle corps, GMA Kapuso float with celebrities, commercial floats, local provincial officials to be led by Governor Roel Degamo and department heads at the Capitol.
The festival will formally open with a Ecumenical service at 5:00 p.m. at the Sidlakang Auditorium to be followed by the grand opening of LGU Booths at 6:00 p.m.
Each LGUs displays different sights of arts and culture, kinds of local foods and an array of fruits and vegetables as they aspire to grab big prizes for the best booth and best booth activity awards. (PIA NegOr/JCT)