Travel group helps promote Pampanga’s old churches

ANGELES CITY—The Alliance of Travel and Tour Agencies of Pampanga (Attap) joined Gov. Lilia Pineda in promoting Pampanga’s old churches, saying they are the “main products of the province for tourism.”
Attap President Gilda Padua led her group’s tour of the 10 old churches over the weekend in time for Holy Week when Roman Catholics visit their places of worship in a tradition called Visita Iglesia.
The churches in Betis, Guagua and Minalin towns have been declared National Cultural Treasures.
Padua said Attap named its project as “Huwag Maging Dayuhan sa Sariling Lalawigan [Don’t Be a Stranger in Your Own Province].”
“Attap initiated the project to inform our members of Pampanga’s tourism products. Its takeoff project was a journey to the 10 churches of Pampanga,” said Padua, who operates the two Ties That Travel agencies at SM Clark and Pandan, this city.
She said Attap plans to develop tour programs of the churches by working closely with the Pampanga tourism office.
Pineda welcomed the Attap project to boost tourism in the province. The first-term governor said, “Our churches should be the prime attraction in our province.”
The churches visited by Attap were (First District) Holy Rosary Parish in Angeles City; (Second District) Sta. Lucia Parish, Sasmuan; St. James the Apostle Parish, Betis, Guagua; St. Augustine Parish, Lubao; and Sta. Rita Parish, Sta. Rita; (Third District) San Guillermo Parish, Bacolor and Metropolitan Cathedral, City of San Fernando; (Fourth District) Sta. Monica Parish, Minalin; San Luis Gonzaga Parish, San Luis; and St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Apalit.
Padua said the Attap’s tour was a “dry run” to check its timing to improve the itinerary of the package trips for local and foreign tourists.
“Look, the trip to old churches has big potentials,” said Attap member Agnes Gomez, pointing to three fully loaded buses whose passengers were in the midst of a tour of the 10 churches.
“If Attap and all stakeholders help in promoting it, then there will be more tourists in Pampanga,” said Gomez, who operates the Travel Shop Co. based here.
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