The grand opening of the 6th Buglasan Festival of Negros Oriental on October 14 is expected to increase tourist influx throughout the two-week celebration.
Provincial Gov. Roel Degamo has invited chief executives of some neighboring provinces and anticipated thousands of visitors to witness the grandest festival of Negros Oriental.
Festival directorate head, former Vice-Gov. Mariant Villegas said with the series of tourism events, it will change the economic landscape of the province’s capital city with more hotels sprouting, additional flights, establishments of malls to include gas stations and other commercial buildings.
Villegas said, this year’s celebration’s theme is Working Together to Bring Negros Oriental Tourism to Greater Heights.
The first Miss Negros Oriental Tourism candidates representing 15 local government units of the Province is one of the added attraction of the celebration and kicks off Sunday, Oct. 9 at 6:00 p.m. at Robinson’s Place.
Expected to participate in the parade are the different schools with drum and bugle corps, a GMA Kapuso float with celebrities, commercial floats, city and provincial officials led by Governor Degamo and department heads at the Capitol.
The festival will formally open with an Ecumenical service at 5:00 p.m. at the Sidlakang Auditorium to be followed by the grand opening of LGU Booths at 6:00 p.m.
Each LGU displays different sights of arts and culture, kinds of local foods and an array of fruits and vegetables as they aspire to grab big prizes for the best booth and best booth activity awards. (PIA NegOr/JCT)
