Beside fiesta, Northern Luzon is also pack with beautiful places and friendly people. Many of these are already well known to local and foreign tourists alike, such as the Rice terraces in Banaue and Hundred Islands in Pangasinan. However, there are also those that are little known, tucked away but which are equally beautiful.
And as tourists, remember the following travel pointers courtesy of Travel and Beyond.
1. Do research. Find out more about the customs and culture of the people in the places you are about to visit, as it would do much to enhance the experience. To do this, make a quick visit to your local Internet shop or browse through brochures found in travel agencies or in hotel front desks. Keep in mind that costly misunderstandings may easily be avoided through research.
2. Engage the locals. Try to know more about the place you are to visit Engage the locals in a discourse. Who knows, you could even charm them into disclosing that generations old recipe of their favorite dish.
3. Visitors are simply that: visitors. The locals are the ones who have to live in the place all year round, so don't abuse their hospitality. Respect the environment and the cultures of people living in the place. Do your share in keeping the place clean and habitable. The Filipino is indeed an endearing race.
4. Talk about your experiences. Share wonderful anecdotes of your travels with your loved once, friends and business associates both in the Philippines and abroad. Hopefully, this may further encourage them to visit these places themselves. And don't forget to also bring home some pasalubong or local souvenirs to help you remember the place by.
5. Preserving nature is a big help to locals. Take nothing but pictures, and choose only souvenirs that do not come from irreplaceable natural resources like limestone rocks from caves. This will somehow deter unscrupulous locals from destroying our natural resources just to earn a few pesos.
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