The young city of Alaminos offers a great escape from the frenzy, heat, stress and perpetual motion of urban living.In fact, it offers more than the usual tourist destinations in the Philippines.
Talk of the white sand beaches of Boracay, Aklan and El Nido, Palawan, the City of Alaminos has more than its fair share of white sand beaches in the various islands and islets at the Hundred Islands National Park. Added bonus is its fast emerging tourist attraction, the Bolo Beach located along the coastline of the historic Lingayen Gulf facing the China Sea.
It is an emerging green city where environmental protection, marine ecosystem conservation or simply keeping one’s surrounding clean are readily embraced by its people who have come together as one in preserving their God-given natural wealth, the Hundred Islands National Park.
It is a peaceful, vibrant and caring city that takes care of its resources and people who are united in their collective vision to build an edifice of peace, progress and economic stability in Western Pangasinan in Northern Philippines.
Its bullish march to progress is anchored on the city’s 10-point agenda that integrates innovative agricultural development and modernization, tourism revival, environmental conservation and coastal resources management, provision of improved basic services, public order and safety, human resources development and city government modernization.
By embracing the basic principles of good governance, growth with equity and providing opportunities through innovative programs and projects, the City of Alaminos is now fast becoming a model for sustainable development.
Thus, visiting Alaminos City is not just an adventure trip to escape urban life. It is in itself a journey to many discoveries. In fact, Korean and American nationals, who register the highest number of foreign tourists visiting the Hundred Islands, will readily attest to their memorable experiences of fun and adventure in Pangasinan’s best-known tourism attraction.
Getting to Alaminos City is about five-hour bus ride from Metro Manila and three-hour trip from Baguio City. Land travel from Manila to Alaminos City is 250 kilometers or a four-hour trip by car from Manila via Camiling, Tarlac.
Today, public bus lines regularly ply the Manila-Pangasinan route, some of which pass through Alaminos City on the way to the capital town of Lingayen or the commercial city of Dagupan through Camiling, Tarlac. Buses have regular trips between Alaminos and Baguio via Dagupan.
Recent developments in Central Luzon have brought the place closer to travelers. The abandoned Clark military base was converted into a special economic zone, luring in foreign locators. Its huge airfield got named the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, upgraded and designed to be the 21st century alternative to the international airport in Manila. The airport is positioned to be the logistic hub of East Asia, transhipment center for air cargo.
And more recently, the frenzied construction of the Subic Freeport-Clark-Tarlac superhighway, timed to be opened in 2007, is seen to shorten travel time from the booming Subic-Clark economic corridor to Alaminos City and its Hundreds Islands in just an hour or less by car.
Soon, two 12-seater, single engine U.S. made amphibian aircrafts will start ferrying tourists and visitors in a 45-minute flight from Metro Manila to Alaminos City.
Alaminos.gov.ph
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