High tourist influx expected with Panagbenga just around the corner
Art Dumlao — January 26, 2025
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BAGUIO CITY (January 23, 2025) -- Pangabenga festival organizer --Baguio Flower Festival Foundation, Inc. (BFFFI)—said it is expecting higher tourist arrivals in Baguio City with the flower festival, now on its 29th year, just around the corner.
Panagbenga Media Committee Chairman Andrew Pinero said that since the staging of the 74th January Fil-Am Invitational Golf Tournament in late November up to the middle of December last year, the Baguio Country Club (BCC) and other hotels in the city reached a 90-95 percent occupancy rate.
This, he said, is already considered high in the hotels industry as there were only a few rooms that were vacant due to sudden cancellations from guests due to various reasons.
He added that at the start of the new year, the occupancy rate of the hotels and other accommodation establishments in the city was pegged at around 80 to 90 percent, which is still quite high based on industry standards.
The Panagbenga Media Committee chair claimed that with the activities for the 29th edition of the flower festival rolled out, tourists have already started making reservations with accommodation establishments for their visit to the city during the major highlights of the flower festival, particularly the grand street dancing competition on February 22, 2025 and the grand floral parade on February 23, 2025, as well as the week-long Session Road in Bloom scheduled on February 24 to March 2, 2025.
The flower festival formally begins on February 1 with an opening parade as a sneak-peak of the month-long celebration.
Pinero also said, for the regular attendees of the annual alumni homecoming of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), reservations had already been made (on that year) when they checked out to guarantee their accommodations for the following year (2025).
The BFFFI has lined up at least eighteen traditional events for 2025’s edition of the flower festival that will run from February 1 to March 2, 2025 with the theme “Blossoms Beyond Boundaries.’
Pinero though assured tourists that the numerous accommodation establishments are ready to cater to their needs when attending the major crowd-drawing events lined up for the flower festival.
