A city in northern Luzon founded in 1852, a tear drop-shaped island in southern Philippines famous for surfing and another city that grew out of a Spanish town hundreds of years ago are fast becoming to be favorite holiday spots for overseas Filipinos returning home for a break, as well as Pinoys back home.
This, according to an advisory by Cebu Pacific which stated that the low cost airline flew 19.1 million passengers in 2016, an increase of four percent from the 18.4 million passengers flown in 2015.
Growth in passenger volume was largely driven by the airline’s low-cost short-haul services, and increased frequencies in key domestic markets. Specifically, the former recorded a 9.3% growth compared to 2015, while the latter reflected a 2.6% increase.
“Last December 27, 2016, the Cebu Pacific Air Group carried a total of 64,684 passengers—the highest number of travellers we have ever flown in one day. This surpasses our prior record of 62,947 passengers flown last January 3, 2016, translating to 1,737 additional passengers,” said Atty. JR Mantaring, CEB Vice President for Corporate Affairs.
Cebu Pacific posted notable passenger growth in international destinations such as Beijing Shanghai and Xiamen in China, Taiwan (Taipei) and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. In the Philippines, domestic traffic increased in Cauayan, Siargao and Ozamiz, the airline said.
Cauayan, a city in the province of Isabela, Philippines was a small town founded in 1852 along the Cagayan River and in 2001. During the Spanish regime, the city was a part of the booming tobacco industry.
Siargao is a tear drop-shaped island in the south of the Philippines, popular for its “Cloud 9” surfing waves with right-breaking reef wave being the site of the annual Surigao Cup.
Osamiz is another city that grew out of a Spanish town hundreds of years ago.
