Increasing Tourists in Cebu - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly...what can you say?

[Vince Russo]

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Let us all remember that any negative/angry comments posted here are representative ONLY of that individual's point of view...

[giddyboy]

yeah, forum rules reminder lang...

[cebu-future]

Ok ra na madaghan ang tourists oi. Makatabang mana sila sa Cebu. Although naa jud na mga pasaway but that's life. We should be more welcoming like what other Asian nations are doing.

[godsaint]

Ako no comment na lang ko.Lisod na basin ma muted na sad.hehe

[jerryp]

me and my buddy had an experienced one time... in the resort im workin'... a korean asked for a towel... its a resort's policy that no towel will be out of the resort premise unless otherwise it will be added in their room charges...and treat it as sold items( it happens mostly on their island hopping).

during their scheduled island trip: in the lobby my buddy then inspect and found out that theres indeed a towel...we have a standard phraseology in dealing with in this situation... " we let them knw of our policy regarding that matter".. the guest was so upset that he shouted / scolded my buddy and threw the towel away!....pwede raman unta i surrender lang nganong gilabay pa jud ug layo oi... heehehe anyway mao jud ni faet...still my buddy is composing himself and mura lang walay nahitabo... and to think ha, daghan jud guest ato nga time...

i pity and sympathize my fellow crew... mura jud ug trapo intawn...anyway thankful sab ko hinoon nga we have lots of guests...that means... lots of service charge... it boils down to money gyud dayon... toink!

bahala na kapila ma paksit kaysa wala juy lung-agon sa abuhan... ani nalang jud ni atong role..

[Rance]

and the ugly:

BI nabs ‘unruly’ Russian

By Glenrose on Jan 30, 2008 in News

Immigration operatives arrested last week a Russian woman suspected to be a prostitute in Boracay, Aklan.

Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan ordered the arrest of Anna Lezhnina, 21, due to numerous complaints by resort owners and residents in Boracay for her alleged indecent and unruly behavior.

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The resort owners recounted to Libanan a number of disturbing instances involving the Russian woman. They recalled how Lezhnina slapped a man without provocation; spat and uttered defamatory words in front of police officers; pushed a Korean woman off the dance floor; spat on the faces of club bouncers; acted violently inside a police station cell; and took off her underwear and showed her private parts while flashing a dirty finger sign at the law enforcers.

nag pa lami ang mga pulis sa Boracay hehe

[neji]

Booming cebu tourism is generally good! it will convert to more economic activity, more business opportunities, more investments, more infra, more jobs, etc...

Of course, there are also downsides. we will have more prostitution, more pedophilia, more foreigners with attitude problems, etc...

soooo agree with you...

[giddyboy]

expect nlng ta daghan maabot Russian tourists...non-visa na cla.

[bemS]

The Good – Income
I never encountered any rude guests here. I am even amused at all of them. In nice way.
We can't generalize their race just because we met 100 200 300 of them..
Or maybe it depends on the person’s outlook or personality. I have this outlook (from a novel) Nobody can make me feel inferior without my consent. That's why I've no bad stuff to say about our tourists here nor do I feel that I am being looked down at. Unless, it's a personal / physical attack. Kana!

And yes, I never witnessed nor experience, Americans, British, and Australians, cutting lines. Koreanas nuon! But I laugh it off.. Lahi rajud cla..

In fact, I pity the tourists - and the obvious balikbayans because SOME locals take advantage. Everything is more expensive for them. I mean, can't they just be a guest for once? Like pay the same price we locals pay.. I know. Impossible! But think about it, Filipinos in their country is being treated and billed the same. If you say Filipinos are discriminated there, ha! We too, discriminate tourists here. =)

[giddyboy]

naay uban murag iro nga nkabuhi sa hiniktan ig abot dre Cebu...hehe...unsay resulta usahay? disgrasya...

Dives banned at Cebu town’s falls after fatal accident

By Jhunnex Napallacan
Visayas Bureau
INQUIRER
First Posted 21:43:00 03/24/2008

CEBU CITY, Philippines -- Authorities have banned diving down a popular falls in Badian town following the death of a Korean national on Good Friday.

Ryu Ho-jun, a 25-year-old Korean student who weighed 90 kilograms, dived down the Kawasan Falls in Badian, destroying the bamboo raft ridden by Korean students Lim Sang Guen, 24, Jeon Chang Seon, 22, and Chon Jeung A, 23,.

Kawasan Falls, over 100 kilometers south of this city, is a popular destination in southern Cebu for locals and foreigners, especially during summer.

Lim died a few minutes after he was brought to the Reinhard Wertgen Memorial Hospital in nearby town Alegria while his two classmates were transferred to the Chong Hua hospital in Cebu City.

Ryu, who was also injured, was brought to Cebu Doctors Hospital in Cebu City.

full story:

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/new...fatal-accident