Bauko awarded for best tourism festival

BAUKO, Mountain Province -- The Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) and the Dept. of Tourism (DOT), awarded a citation for Bauko as 3rd runner up in the search for best practices on municipal festivals.

The citation was in recognition of exceptional practices, projects and innovations Bauko folks and officials to community development and the tourism industry.

               Begnas di Bauko was shortlisted from the first screening based on published criteria by panels of jurors convened by ATOP.

The documents went into final review with the finalist submitting themselves to an en banc interview with the members of the national panel of Jurors who declared the winners.

Begnas di Bauko is a culture of thanksgiving celebrated into festival through Municipal Ordinance number 030-A every 2nd Thursday of March.

The winners were awarded during the ATOP 18thNational convention and 13th Pearl Award at Iloilo Convention Center, Iloilo City last Oct. 6.

               The municipality of Bauko was represented by Councilor Ricky Samidan, sangguniang bayan chair of committee on tourism and Tourism Operation Officer Arsenia Addon who received the awards.