SBFZ-Guide Book
A guide to the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Gateway to Zambales A guide to the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Gateway to Zambales
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Yourfredownloadable<br />
<strong>Guide</strong>Bokto:<br />
PHILIPPINES<br />
This<strong>Guide</strong><strong>Book</strong>isproducedby<br />
ZAMBALESLIFESAVINGINC.<br />
toassisttheZambalesTourism andResorts<br />
industrytorecoverfrom theCOVID-19pandemic<br />
whichhasefectedthem greatly.<br />
Alprofitsfrom advertisingwilgotoourFreeto<br />
thePublicSwim-safeprogram andourScolarship<br />
program totrainunemployedyouths,male&<br />
female,asLifeguards,foraDrown-freeZambales.
Authors introduction<br />
Conveniently located just a few hours drive North West, of Manila. However,<br />
despite being so close, it is largely undiscovered, due, in my opinion, mostly to lack of<br />
promotion and a lack of cooperation amongst local resorts, despite having a reasonably<br />
active resort owners association, which in recent years appears to have become more<br />
interested in social issues, such as Barangay clean ups, rather than attracting potential<br />
tourists, both local and foreign through promotion and advertising along with assisting the<br />
Provincial and Local Government units in forming a long term plan to promote their area.<br />
I make this comment as one of its founders and previously active member of that<br />
association. In fact, I worked on doing this same project prior to my retirement, but could<br />
not convince the executive management that a "digital, on-line" copy was the answer<br />
rather than a printed book, though one such book was produced with the cooperation of<br />
the Olongapo Office of the DTI, but never put into commercial publication.<br />
As I have now been retired for a number of years, in which I have been active as<br />
a volunteer in Drowning Prevention and water safety. However, with the COVID-19<br />
pandemic forcing me to be restricted from my other activities which include Lifeguard<br />
training and the promotion of lifesaving sports, along with a junior lifesaver program for<br />
boys and girls from 5 years of age, I decided to see what I could put together to fulfill the<br />
needs of telling people how much Zambales has to offer.<br />
About myself, I am originally from Australia and first visited the Philippines in<br />
1969. I moved to Zambales in the mid 1980's and was involved with tourism prior to my<br />
retirement in 2013. I was, during that time, also involved in promoting tourism, as the Vice<br />
President (North) of the Provincial Tourism Council and President of the Botolan Tourism<br />
Council, so I believe I have a fair knowledge of just how much Zambales has to offer to<br />
both local and foreign tourists. For foreign tourists, one of the best factors is that English is<br />
basically spoken everywhere, something that for some reason the DOT never advertise.<br />
As in my opinion, the 2 greatest assets of Philippine tourism are, one the people and<br />
second that it is, by population, the third largest English speaking country in the world.<br />
A number of people, some resort owners and Provincial and Local Government<br />
units have assisted with input to make this as informative as possible, I thank them, as<br />
their input has been indispensable in making this guide as accurate and informative as I<br />
hope you will find it.<br />
Roger J. Bound.<br />
Author.<br />
<strong>Guide</strong> <strong>Book</strong> to Zambales<br />
Online version commenced April 2020<br />
Any profits from advertising will go to Zambales Lifesaving Inc. to support<br />
their free to the public Drowning Awareness and Prevention Programs<br />
and the Lifeguard training Scholarship program for unemployed youths.
SUBIC BAY<br />
FREEPORT<br />
ZONE<br />
Comprising portions of Zambales & Bataan, it is the<br />
gateway to Zambales<br />
Originally a Spanish Naval Station, then under the settlement of the Spanish American War, it<br />
was ceded to the United States of America under the treaty of Paris in 1898.<br />
It remained a US Naval base, even after Philippine Independence in 1946 (except during the<br />
Japanese occupation of the Philippines 1941 - 1945) until March 13, 1992, when the Philippine<br />
Congress passed Republic Act 7227, known as the Bases Conversion and Development Act of<br />
1992, in anticipation of the pullout of the US military bases in the country. Section 13 of RA<br />
7227 created the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to develop and manage the<br />
Freeport which provides tax and duty-free privileges and incentives to business located in the<br />
special economic zone. The area is now known as the Subic Bay Freeport Zone which is<br />
managed by SBMA.<br />
The area is almost the perfect mix of Commerce and Tourism, with a large base of<br />
manufacturing, export and import, tourism attractions, eco tourism sites and theme parks along<br />
with hotels and resorts.<br />
Tourist attractions:<br />
Hotels and Resorts<br />
Water Parks<br />
Ocean Adventure Marine Park<br />
Treetop Adventure and Zip line<br />
Beaches<br />
Sailing<br />
Para sailing<br />
Jet ski hire<br />
Jungle Evasion and Survival Training Camp (JEST)<br />
SCUBA Diving<br />
Museum of artifacts recovered from ancient ship wrecks<br />
International Cruise Ship Terminal<br />
Airport and Pilot training centers<br />
The Department if Tourism has labeled it "The # 1 tourist destination in Region III".
Pamulaklakin Forest Trail
Ocean Adventure.
Treetop Adventure.
Sailing.
Business Directory:<br />
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