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Southern Leyte to host Philippine Dive Experience

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Region 8 Department of Tourism Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes recently offered to host the Philippine Dive Experience. The same activity was conducted in Anilao, Batangas last November 2024.


Director Tiopes said that Sogod Bay in Southern Leyte province has 30 diving destinations that covers its coastal waters up to the islands of Panaon and Limasawa.

She raves of Sogod Bay and the islands’ world-class coral walls ideal for macro photography and night dives, and the presence of hard coral, sharks, whale sharks, hawksbill, green turtles, butterflyfish, groupers, sweetlips, stingrays, and other marine species.


In hosting the Philippine Dive Experience Tiopes said that this would showcase the beauty of Sogod Bay and promote the culture and cuisine of Eastern Visayas. This is a challenge to the Southern Leyte community to increase its dive and accommodation facilities.
“Right now, our players in the diving industry in Southern Leyte have limit when it comes to accepting guests because of the limited number of accommodation facilities. By hosting this event, we want to achieve the increase of dive facilities and accommodation facilities to address the needs of divers that visit us,” she added.

This tourism initiative is also eyed to promote the conservation of marine resources. (Source: DOT-8)

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