– SG Farm is top tourist site for August 2023

SG Farm (short for Strawbwey-Guyabano) located in Glandang, Tupi is the top tourist site for August 2023 in South Cotabato, the Arts, Culture, Tourism and Museum Unit (ACTMU) reported. Placing second is 7-Falls in Lake Sebu town which boasts of its zipline dubbed the highest and longest in Southeast Asia. Four (4) sites in Lake […]

04 Lake Sebu town tops August visitor arrival

The municipality of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato’s eco-cultura; destination, is the top tourist destination for the month of August this year, the Arts, Culture, Tourism and Museum (ACTM) Unit disclosed. Lake Sebu registered 78,809 visitors, with excursionists topping the list with 69,823 while overnight guests totaled 8,983. Fourteen (14) foreign visitors visited said town that […]

South Cotabato 8-month visitor arrival now 1.3 million

Visitor arrivals in South Cotabato for the period January to August 2023 now totaled 1,316,806, the Arts, Culture, Tourism and Museum (ACTM) Unit reported recently. Richie Matunding, ACTMU Statistician disclosed that Same Day Visitors or excursionists reached 1,170,941 while Overnight Guests or tourists totaled 145,865.  Foreign visitors, both excursionists and tourists, meanwhile accounted to 1,151, […]

NCCA receives T’boli LGU published book on Cultural Mapping

T’boli local government unit (LGU) of South Cotabato recently submitted their published book on Cultural Mapping to the Arts, Culture, Tourism and Museum Unit (ACTMU). Tourism Operations Officer II Indira Cagaanan, Arts & Culture Coordinator received the book on behalf of ACTMU. It was completed after almost 4 years due to the pandemic.  T’boli LGU […]

ACTMU conducts FGD on Cultural Mapping to 12 Tantangan Barangays

CITY OF KORONADAL — The Arts, Culture, Tourism and Museum Unit (ACTMU) conducted Focus Group Discussion (FGD) on Cultural Mapping among 12 barangays of Tantangan in Agua Frio Garden Resort here last September 7 – 8.  Tourism Operations Officer II Indira Cagaanan, ACTMU Arts & Culture Coordinator disclosed that the Local Mapping Team(LMT)  of the […]

Search for Cleanest & Greenest LGU TWG soon to start evaluation

The Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Search for the Cleanest & Greenest LGU will soon evaluate  LGUs under the Best in Community Garden Category starting this September until October this year.           Aside from the Search, the TWG will likewise conduct Validation on the Key Result Areas of the Clean & Green Search (Barangay […]

Tantangan Barangay LGUs undergo Cultural Mapping Training-Workshop

CITY OF KORONADAL —  Twelve (12) out of thirteen (13) Barangays trooped to Villa Princessita, this city, and underwent Training-Workshop on Cultiral Mapping on August 23 – 25 spearheaded by the Arts, Culture, Tourism and Museum (ACTM) Unit.   Tourism Operations Officer II Indira Cagaanan, Arts & Culture Coordinator presented the Overview and Rationale of […]

South Cotabato visitors hit 1 million mark

Visitor Arrivals in South Cotabato reached a total of 1,143,169 from January to July this year, the Arts, Culture, Tourism and Museum (ACTM) Unit reported.  Biggest contributor is the month of April, which is Holy Week month this year with  216,224 Same Day Visitors and Overnight Guests. It is followed by the month of July […]

T’nalak Festival draws more tourists in South Cotabato

  The 24th T’nalak Festival and 57th Foundation Anniversary of South Cotabato held last July 13 to 18 this year have substantially increased  the tourist traffic in the peovince particularly among Same Day Visitors and Overnight Guests, the Arts, Culture, Tourism and Museum (ACTM) Unit reported.  Richie Matunding, ACTM Statistician disclosed that In the June […]

Tourism Office inaugurates Loom Weaving Equipment

The Arts, Culture, Tourism and Museum (ACTM) Unit led by Senior Tourism Operations Officer Argie Ryan Asaria and Arts & Culture Coordinator Tourism Operations Officer II Indira Cagaanan recently inaugurated through ribbon-cutting ceremony the Loom Weaving Equipment of Fu Yabing School of Living Traditions (SLT) located at Sitio Amguo, Barangay Landan, Polomolok. Costing sround P50,000.00, […]