Groups vows to work on ecotourism in CL

Seven groups with legislated Protected Areas (PAs) have reaffirmed their commitment to ecotourism in Central Luzon. This was announced by the Department of Tourism Region III and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region III after the 2025 first semester meeting of the Regional Ecotourism Committee . The PAs presented their Ecotourism Management Plans or EMPs during the meeting.

The Roosevelt Protected Landscape, Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape, Mt. Arayat Protected Landscape, Amro River Protected Landscape, Simbahan Talagas Protected Landscape, Talaytay Protected Landscape, and Bataan Natural Park each outlined their strategies for balancing tourism development with biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. The initiative follows the earlier presentation of EMPs by five other PAs, namely the Talavera Watershed and Forest Reserve, Pantabangan-Carranglan Watershed and Forest Reserve, Minalungao National Park, Biak na Bato National Park, and Aurora Memorial National Park, during the REC’s second semester meeting in October 2024.



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