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Zamboanga Adventure: Exploring Asia’s Latin City (Philippines)

Zamboanga Adventure: Exploring Asia’s Latin City (Philippines)

Zamboanga Adventure: Exploring Asia’s Latin City (Yakan Weaving Village) Wazzup Pilipinas! •    Located in upper Calarian, northwest of downtown lies the Yakan Weaving Village. The place does not look like a village because it’s quite small and you’ll surely miss it so easily because the only signage available is a dirty and worn-out tarpaulin that says Yakan Village Weaving Association with the word “Association” blocked by a wood used to put the signage in place. There’s another signage beside it situated on top but its obviously not helping much because majority of the signage only displays a cola brand advertisement. It seems they desperately need some funding to come up with a more decent signage. I hope the government could at least support them to become at least more visible for potential tourists. I admire what the Department of Tourism (DOT) is doing by inviting members of the media on a media junket and introducing . . .

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