Cebu’s tourism stakeholders called on the Oslob municipal government to enforce the prohibition against feeding of the whale sharks. They also urged Oslob officials to study the Donsol whale shark project for better ways on how to deal with the creatures. In a phone interview, former tourism undersecretary Phineas Alburo said he supports Albay Gov. Joey Salceda’s call that the
Sharks swimming free in the oceans may soon become more valuable as tourist attractions than when caught, sliced up and served in soup, a global study showed on Friday. It urged better protection for the fish, from Australia to the Caribbean, to reduce catches of an estimated 38 million a year to meet demand for shark fin soup, mainly in
By David Loh Tan-awan, Philippines (Reuters) – Tan-awan, in the southern Philippines island of Cebu, used to be a sleepy village that never saw tourists unless they were lost or in transit. Yet now they flock there by the hundreds – to swim with whale sharks, the world’s largest fish. Whale sharks are lured to the Tan-awan coastline of the
David Loh Tan-awan, Filippiinit (Reuters) – Filippiinien eteläisellä Cebun saarella sijaitseva Tan-awan oli ennen unelias kylä, jossa ei koskaan näkynyt turisteja, elleivät he olleet eksyksissä tai matkalla. Silti nyt heitä tulee sinne satoja – uimaan valashaiden, maailman suurimpien kalojen, kanssa. Valashaita houkuttelevat Oslobin alueen Tan-awanin rannikolle kalastajat, jotka ruokkivat niitä pienillä katkaravuilla, mikä houkuttelee sukeltajia ja snorklaajia katsomaan erittäin haluttuja
Bởi David Loh Tan-awan, Philippines (Reuters) – Tan-awan, ở đảo Cebu, miền nam Philippines, từng là một ngôi làng buồn ngủ không bao giờ thấy khách du lịch trừ khi họ bị lạc hoặc quá cảnh. Vậy mà bây giờ chúng kéo đến đó hàng trăm con – để bơi cùng cá nhám voi , loài cá lớn nhất thế
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