MORE visitors are trooping to the historical city of Intramuros this year, exceeding its total 3.3-million headcount in prepandemic 2019. Data provided by the Intramuros Administration (IA) showed arrivals in the walled city reached some 3.6 million from January to June 6 this year.
First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos cuts the ribbon at the ceremony launching the Intramuros Tourist Center , which opens to the public on Independence Day, June 12, 2024. Flanking her are Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and Intramuros Administration chief lawyer Joan Padilla.
Total arrivals in 2023 reached some 4.3 million, the bulk of which, or about 1.06 million, visited Fort Santiago, which includes a shrine to national hero Jose Rizal. Intramuros was the seat of government of the Spanish colonialists in the Philippines. An attached agency of the DOT, the IA was allocated a budget of P123.03 million this year, a 34-percent increase from its P91.73-million allocation in 2023. This year’s budget was also much higher than the P73.03 million originally allocated by the Department of Budget and Management for the agency under the National Expenditure Program.
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