Oil Spill affecting tourist sites in Oriental Mindoro

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Oil Spill affecting tourer sites successful Oriental Mindoro

The Department of Tourism (DOT) connected Monday (6 March) released its archetypal study connected the effects of the lipid spill successful Naujan, Oriental Mindoro to tourism sites successful the affected areas and adjacent provinces.

Oil Spill successful Pola, Oriental Mindoro photograph via Its much amusive successful Oriental Mindoro FB page

Immediately pursuing the incident, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco ordered the DOT Regional Offices successful MIMAROPA and Western Visayas to intimately show the concern and coordinate with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and acrophobic section authorities units (LGUs).

Based connected the accusation gathered by the DOT, the lipid spill has affected respective Marine Protected Areas successful the Municipality of Pola successful Oriental Mindoro, specified arsenic the KingFisher Reserve, St. John the Baptist Marine Sanctuary, Song of the Sea Fish Sanctuary, Stella Mariz Fish Sanctuary, Bacawan Fish Sanctuary, St. Peter the Rock Fish Sanctuary, and the San Isidro Labrador Fish Sanctuary.

Oil Spill successful Oriental Mindoro photograph via Its much amusive successful Oriental Mindoro Fb page

In addition, formation resorts specified arsenic Bihiya Beach, 3 Cottage, Long Beach K. I, Aguada Beach Resort, Oloroso Beach Resort, Munting Buhangin Tagumpay Beach Resort, and Buhay na Tubig White Beach Resort successful Oriental Mindoro person besides been affected.

Coastal clean-up is present being done successful the affected areas arsenic an contiguous solution to forestall further damage.

Effects of the lipid spill person besides reached the Municipality of Caluya successful the Province of Antique, peculiarly on the shorelines of Sitio Sabang, Barangay Tinogbo, Liwagao Island, Barangay Sibolo, and Sitio Tambak successful Barangay Semirara. At present, nary of the tourer attractions person been affected. But the LGUs, unneurotic with the PCG, person been conducting clean-ups, with the enactment from the backstage assemblage who provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).

Further, Boracay Island successful the Municipality of Malay, Aklan is already preparing for the anticipation of the effects of the lipid spill reaching its country of jurisdiction.

The PCG and the Malay Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) are continuously conducting roving and monitoring on the coasts of Boracay. They person prepositioned lipid slick booms successful strategical areas astir the land successful anticipation of the lipid spills.

The DOT Western Visayas Office is besides actively coordinating with the LGU of Malay connected extending imaginable assistance to tourists successful Boracay successful lawsuit the spillage reaches the island’s coastal area, and has likewise issued advisories connected the areas affected by the lipid spill.

Oil Spill successful Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro photograph via Bulalacao Information Office

“Anent this, the DOT notes with seriousness the lipid spill incidental and its sedate interaction connected the tourism industry, including disruptions successful the livelihood of the affected communities, tourism-dependent businesses, and recreational activities,” Secretary Frasco said.

“Scuba diving, beach, and cruise tourism beryllium connected the region’s coastal resources, and are besides its large tourism products. If unmitigated, the lipid spill tin adversely interaction 3 world-class dive destinations successful the Philippines, specifically the Verde Island transition and Apo Reef successful Mindoro, and Coron’s World War II Wrecks and Philippine Dugong,” she added.

Beach of Liwagao Island successful Bulalacao affected by oilspill

According to Secretary Frasco, cruise tourism successful the portion could besides beryllium affected, with 34 cruise ships expected to telephone successful Mindoro, Romblon, Marinduque, and Palawan for the year.

“The DOT, successful coordination with its determination offices, commits to continuously coordinate with agencies specified arsenic the DENR, EMB, PCG, and acrophobic LGUs connected immoderate update concerning the lipid spill, and successful searching for urgent mitigating measures to code the harmful effects of the incidental to marine life, world-class dive sites, and tourer attractions,” the the tourism main assured.

Meanwhile, the DOT reported that nary of the tourer attractions successful the municipalities of Naujan, Victoria, and Pinamalayan successful Oriental Mindoro person been affected truthful acold by the lipid spill. The Naujan Lake, a large tourer attraction, has nary transportation with the water and volition not beryllium affected by the lipid spill.

The DOT is besides successful adjacent coordination with officers of the Tubbataha Management Office, who are monitoring the concern successful Tubbataha Reef, which is on the Municipality of Cagayancillo successful Palawan. Based connected the latest update from the Tubbataha Management Office, determination are nary reported effects of the lipid spill successful the country yet.

The DOT is acceptable to contented succeeding advisories erstwhile pertinent updates and caller accusation are available.

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Oil Spill affecting tourer sites successful Oriental Mindoro
Melo Villareal
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