Comments on: UK ok’s travel to ‘east side of Mindanao’; excludes SoCCSKSarGen

By: Nick L Wales

Nick L Wales — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:08:31 +0000

After reading the advise from the UK travel board i was debating weather or not to visit gensan but after the comments from everyone on the site i am more excited than ever to visit your beautiful country .
Thanks for the comments and im sure i will have a fantasic time

By: lito

lito — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:22:55 +0000

sayang ...kung alam lang nila na soccsksargen is worth visiting for!!! i also wonder kunti lang ang turista dito... litos last blog post..happy...by sam concepcion

By: gensanite

gensanite — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:20:45 +0000

mao ron!!! personalon man gud nila ang pagka-pildi ni HATTON kay PACQUIAO… ing-ani diay sila manimalos? hehehe… joke…

well… i’m pretty sure they’ll miss out on a lot of really good things that we offer… it’s not our loss, anyway…

By: georgie boy

georgie boy — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:10:11 +0000

dear kuya avel,

DON’T WORRY I WILL STILL DEFY THE ADVISORY AND WILL BE EXPLORING SOCKSARGEN ON MY VACATION THIS JULY!!! SEE YOU KITA KITS!!

By: Leonard Pe

Leonard Pe — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:26:43 +0000

let them be.. it’s their choice, besides almost every news is a “marketing hype” since “bad news” sells.

Maybe it’s one of their way of hitting back since Manny just smashed the face of one of the boxing icons from EU.

Leonard Pes last blog post..Silent Saturday 8 : A River in Laguna

By: rosilie

rosilie — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:36:17 +0000

Galing nyo sir Avel!

They sure miss a lot from mindanao!

By: freddy00nl

freddy00nl — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:12:01 +0000

Dear Bariles,

Be happy that the UK people don’t come across Sarangani, South Cotabato area, here in Europe were not realy fun of having them to visit, they really are not nice, drink a lot, are very violent, and very mis behaving. They are able to spoil very easy a very nice fiesta like tuna festival……….coz of bad behaving

So be happy………that many other people are coming to the South aside from the British.

I’m sorry to that i offend many good guys………and they know exactly what people i mean

By: bariles

bariles — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:57:58 +0000

@Bravo Six, that is correct. Soccsksargen however belongs to the southwest area so it is still under travel restriction. And you are right, this has been causing a great impact on tourism around here. What we can do is promote local tourism instead. It’s just too bad we ar often lumped up with areas where the real action has been going on. Tsk-tsk-tsk!

By: BrAvO SiX

BrAvO SiX — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:52:31 +0000

hmmmm… i think UK lifts travel restrictions to “east side of mindanao” as of May 14 posting by the DFA..

By: BrAvO SiX

BrAvO SiX — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:41:35 +0000

it’s just an advisory…

they can still travel….

pero duna ra gihapon impact sa tourism ng place..

By: rrrrrr

rrrrrr — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:04:47 +0000

hindi naman siguro lahat ng british..well its ok.lang!(baka exxageration naman niyan ng mga MEDIA kaya natatakot sila.)

By: RainCindy

RainCindy — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:15:39 +0000

I felt bad after reading UK travel advisory. Soccsksargen is one of the best place to visit here in Philippines. It's really cheap from food, hotel and fares. We have a lot of virgin tourist spot here as well, white sand beach, diving spots, people are very friendly and a lot more. In fact my British Uncle just bought 2 hectares of land where he wants to put up his home before he will retire. He had blissful vacation last March in Gensan. To all British national, why not discover SOCCSKSARGEN and enjoy your vacation with small amount of penny to spend? RainCindys last blog post..DFAT at Ranchero Grill

By: dimple

dimple — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:32:51 +0000

*planning of staying here... dimples last blog post..Caring Careers – Marbel

By: dimple

dimple — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:30:22 +0000

my boss who is a BRITISH National.. had been goin' in and out SOCSKSARGEN area.. he fell in love with MINDANAO.. that includes, SOCSKSARGEN.. he is even planning here for GOOD... posted this para dili na mahighblood si BARILES... hehe.. sooner or later, ma-lift din yang TRAVEL ADVISORY na yan... peace! dimples last blog post..Caring Careers – Marbel

By: gilbertyaptan

gilbertyaptan — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:23:08 +0000

A travel advisory, like any advisory, is just that -- an advice which one may or may not take. But I do protest the inclusion of SocSarGen in the said advisory because of the reason cited -- "ongoing terrorist activity there have been a number of terrorist attacks against civilian targets." I suspect this advisory may be written by a Ricky Hatton fan. This bad rap/rep should be taken as all the more reason for us to keep on shining and excelling in what we do best. gilbertyaptans last blog post..Crimson Crescents (An original short story by Gilbert Y. Tan)