Documentation(Cebu-Bohol Tour)

pilgrimage CEBU-BOHOL TRIP A few months ago, on September 25 to 30, 2010, we, the students of the STI College of Cotabato, had an educational tour of Cebu and Bohol, both of which are major holidaymaker spots of the country. The given up activity was prepared and realized with the purpose of exposing us to cardinal of the almost visited places in the Philippinesto let us experience and let out for ourselves the feel of the slashing tourism in that respect and to k today about the current trends regarding the field of hotel and eating place management which, as we know, consists of work that entails lodging and food service, and plays an essential authority in the tourism industry.The trip is considered to be a significant come apart of our training as aspiring hotel and restaurant managers, owners and/or workforce in the future. The tame believed that for us to be effective and efficient members of the hotel industry, we should commencement be involved in excursions lik e that in order for us to cargo area fully the reality of our chosen future careers and get a capcapable view of its know-how as well as to learn and obtain upstart ideas which we could apply in the long run. Being a major tourist destination that they are, Cebu and Bohols hotels and restaurants are without a doubt in demand.The school did not oerlook that and made a abundant decision of choosing the two for it is, n wizardtheless, one of the best places of exposure. Over the years, with the advancement of technology, new developments are similarly inevitable and have surface especially in the competitive knowledge base of hotel industry which has truly evolved a lot. For that reason, we are truly glad that finished the activity that we had, we were able to learn something innovative which we could not do so the other way around and just by being inside the four walls of our class cortege.We did not only visited the places just for the sake of seeing its physiological beaut y and take pictures of it like most tourists do but we went there with the very intention of learning especially from the seminars that we attended. The trip that started on the twenty-fifth of September 2010 was wisely spent and was efficiently arranged to rightfully gather all the many places that we were able to visit. On the second day, we arrived at Bohol by 600am and checked-in at the Bohol Plaza Mountain Resort.It was a 4-star resort reinforced on a mountain or more appropriately, a hill, hence the name, which has a spectacular view of the mainland of Bohol and faces the city of Tagbilaran. We also went to see the black Chocolate Hills and were truly awed by the beauty it possessed. When noon came, we lunched at the famous restaurant on a boat known as The Floating Restaurant via the Loboc River Cruise and were greeted by a sumptuous and palatable meal. After which, we had the Tarsier encounter at the Corella and Tarsier Visitors Center and saw the extinction-threatened smallest primate on Earth, the Tarsier.And then we got to the blood compact site, the place where the sanduguan between the Spaniards and our ancestors during the 1500s transpired and were briefly certified about the rich history of Bohol. In line with that, we were made to see some of the ancestral houses in the place that were preserved and stood the test of magazine. It now operates as a tourist end including the great churches that were also built ages ago, particularly the Baclayon perform which is one of the oldest churches in the Philippines.In addition to that, we had a stopover at the other resorts in Bohol and at the Bee Farm which provided us a rare experience of organic delights. Moreover, we were able to see the genius of Cebu while on tour, including its magnificent ancestral houses and the churches of the Basilica de Sto. Nino and Cathedral Church that significantly mirrored the rich culture and history of the place. In 1521, the Spanish conqueror Ferdinand Magell an arrived there and in that same year, planted a hulky wooden cross at the place where the first Filipinos were baptized as Christians.Currently, this place is a big tourist attraction and is called as the Magellans Cross. Consequent to that, we set out to see Cebus Beverly Hills Subdivision where raft could find the affluent gated communities of the place and the idyllic Chinese Taoist tabernacle that is the center of worship for Taoism open to worshipers and non-worshipers alike. After lunch, we continue to explore Cebu at its best and saw the oldest street there known as the colon Street.We likewise went to the University of San Jose-Recoletos, a Catholic private university that is considered to be one of the first-class schools in the land and had a tour of the area. For our next destination, we went to the Mactan Shrine where the statue of our first hero, Lapu-Lapu, could be found and had a souvenir shopping. Cebu, like the other well-developed cities in Manila, is a metrop olitan area and branded as the center of fear and trade in the Visayas. It is identified for its many skyscrapers that has been scattered all over the place which includes our next stop, to one of Cebus finest commercial sites, the Ayala Center.However, though we really had fun, we were also exhausted from the days activity and, as explorers of the place, I think it is important that we have a comfortable place to fleet the night and regain our strength for yet another busy day. The prime Regency Hotel did not disappoint us on that and gave us what we all bespeak after a long day around town. While there, we were able to get what I think all tourists deservethat home-away-from-home comfort through and through the superb hotel accommodation and service that they have. We spent our fourth day a little bit different from the past three days.Instead of touring the other landmark of Cebu and Bohol, we attended a seminar on bed-making, flaring and other things involving hotel and rest aurant accommodations at the Crown Regency Hotel. Lessons on the hotels activity were given to us and before lunchtime, we were escorted up to take a look at their rooms that displayed different themesdepending on the preferences of their customersand onto the hotels roof deck. Afterwards, we went into a beachfront hotel and resort, the Imperial Palace, and had one more seminar regarding the hotels services, the silverwares and utensils they are using and so on.When the seminar ended, we proceeded to go to SM Cebu. Along the way, we were able to pass by an outstanding and splendid hotel, considered to be among the top hotels in Asiathe Plantation Baywhich showcased a variety of harvest-tide plantations along its entrance. Sadly, we were not able to take a look inside. solely in all, it was a fun-filled learning experience, with all of us getting along and contributing to the success of the activity. The tour really left a great impact to most of us and, indeed, it was worth all th e long time of preparation, expenses and fatigue. Till then.