THE Department of Tourism (DOT) celebrates the inclusion of Clark International Airport (CRK) as one of the worldโs most beautiful airports this year, earning the prestigious Prix Versailles, the World Architecture and Design Award of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด,โ Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco remarked in response to the prestigious award received by CRK.
“๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด, ๐๐ณโ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐บ,” added the Secretary.
According to https://www.prix-versailles.com/, the World’s Most Beautiful Achievements recognition, granted by the Prix Versailles, โ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.โ The awardees each year are those that have shown the world exceptional architecture and design.
Other airports that are part of the 9th edition list are Arturo Merino Benรญtez International Airport in Chile, Beijing Daxing International Airport in China, Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Germany, Chengdu Tianfu International Airport in China, Eagle County Regional Airport in the United States, Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Greece, General Abelardo L. Rodrรญguez International Airport in Mexico, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Finland, Kempegowda International Airport in India, LaGuardia Airport in the United States, Los Angeles International Airport in the United States, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in the United States, Manchester Airport in the United Kingdom, Mohammed V International Airport in Morocco, New Plymouth Airport in New Zealand, Newark Liberty International Airport in the United States, Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport in China, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the United States, Shenzhen Baoโan International Airport in China, Split Airport in Croatia, Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport in Greece, Turkistan International Airport in Turkistan, and Van Don International Airport in Vietnam.
In 2021, CRK also emerged as one of the six world finalists for the same award.
Since her assumption to office as tourism chief, Secretary Frasco directed the maximization of the country’s secondary gateways.
She and Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista have fostered strong collaborations on tourism and transport by engaging in convergence meetings since last year for the enhancement of tourism and transport sectors.
She also met with Luzon-based stakeholders in Clark as part of her listening tours in a bid to collaborate more in boosting tourist arrivals in CRK to further business tourism opportunities, particularly in Northern and Central Luzon.
As a gateway, Clark can serve as much as eight million passengers annually.
Currently, CRK services flights to the countryโs major tourist destinations like Caticlan (Boracay), Puerto Princesa and Busuanga, (Palawan), Davao, Cebu, Iloilo, Bacolod, General Santos, and Cagayan de Oro, while servicing international routes including Clark to Hongkong, Bangkok, and Singapore.
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