{"id":48560,"date":"2019-09-29T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=48560"},"modified":"2019-09-27T16:36:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T08:36:41","slug":"improved-access-road-in-pagudpud-boosts-tourism-in-ilocos-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2019\/09\/29\/improved-access-road-in-pagudpud-boosts-tourism-in-ilocos-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Improved Access Road in Pagudpud Boosts Tourism in Ilocos Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">More tourists are expected to visit the famous <strong>Kabigan Falls in Barangay Balaoi<\/strong> following the Department of Public Works and Highways&#8217; (DPWH)<strong> road improvement project<\/strong>\u00a0in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48564\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Access-Road-leading-to-Kabigan-Falls_DPWH.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Access-Road-leading-to-Kabigan-Falls_DPWH.jpg 534w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Access-Road-leading-to-Kabigan-Falls_DPWH-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Ascess road to Kabigan Falls \/ IMAGE Department of Public Works and Highways\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to a report from\u00a0DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan,\u00a0DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar said that the construction of the <strong>900-meter access road<\/strong> is set to provide better access for tourists who used to walk for 30 to 45 minutes from the highway to get to\u00a0Kabigan Falls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2019\/03\/13\/kabigan-falls-in-baloi-ilocos-norte-a-canvas-of-trails-mountains-and-streams\/\">Kabigan Falls in Baloi, Ilocos Norte: A Canvas of Trails, Mountains, and Streams<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48563\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Capturing-moments-at-Kabigan-Falls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Kabigan Falls in Pagudpug, Ilocos Norte \/ IMAGE Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cFrom the previous 30 to 45 minutes walking time from the highway, visitors and residents now only take about 10 to 15 minutes to the municipal forest as it now allows vehicles to pass through the terrain,\u201d DPWH Secretary Villar said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48575\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Trekking-to-Kabigan-Falls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Trekking-to-Kabigan-Falls.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Trekking-to-Kabigan-Falls-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/Trekking-to-Kabigan-Falls-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The trek along Kabigan Falls \/ IMAGE Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With a total budget of\u00a0Php 28.96 million under the 2018 General Appropriations Act,\u00a0the construction project involved road concreting and slope protection works implemented by DPWH Ilocos Norte First District Engineering Office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/2019\/04\/19\/ilocos-norte-travel-guide-2019\/\">Ilocos Norte: A Kaleidoscope of Nature and History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The access road leading to Kabigan Falls is one of the projects under the DPWH &#8211; Department of Tourism convergence program or Tourism Roads Infrastructure Program aimed to improve the accessibility of tourist destinations and stir economic development.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This is a press release. 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