Tourism

Long known to be a picturesque province, Cavite is a land blessed with a galore of natural wonders, making it gleaming and a perfect place for a memorable eco-holiday. The province boasts some of its most superb mountains, cave and falls which can truly fascinate its numerous visitors. Natural wonders in Cavite are mostly found in the upland areas such as Tagaytay Ridge, Cabag Cave in Maragondon, Balite Falls in Amadeo, Malibiclibic Falls in General Aguinaldo-Magallanes border and Mts. Palay-Palay and Mataas na Gulod National Park in Ternate and Maragondon. Meanwhile, a number of historical and religious sites are also located in province, which have defined significant events and have illustrated human creativity and cultural traditions. Each site tells its own distinctive story. Some of these sites are sacred and some are commemorating battlefields. More importantly, all of these places have contributed a sense of time, identity, and place to our understanding of Cavite as a whole.

Tourism Nodal Points

As a premiere tourist destination where variety of attractions and entertainment facilities are available, Cavite’s four (4) cities and nineteen (19) municipalities are clustered into three tourism nodal points for the particular interests of visitors belonging to different market segments:

1.        Tagaytay – Upland Area  is  famous for  natural tourist attractions and is conducive for meditating, sight-seeing, picnicking, and other countryside activities

2.        Ternate-Corregidor- Naic- Maragondon Area is popularly attractive because of the presence of world-class beach resorts complementing the area’s historical attractions

3.        Kawit-Cavite City Area, Cavite’s focal point for the pieces of rich historical legacies the great Caviteño forefathers gave for the birth of Philippine Independence.

Visitor Arrivals

Since the province is known for its diverse natural and man-made attractions and general and special variety of products, a total of 51,096 visitors have arrived in the province from January to June of 2008. As indicated, 63.92% or 32,662 of them are domestic visitors while 18,434 or 36.07% are foreign visitors as sourced from the Department of Tourism, Manila.

Visitor Arrivals
Province of Cavite: January to June 2008

 Number of Visitors
Foreign 18,434
 Asean249
 East Asia3,454
 South Asia249
 North America12,798
 Oceania606
 Europe1,039
 Middle East39
 Others and Unspecified-
Domestic32,662
 TOTAL51,096

 

Source: Department of Tourism Manila


 

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