Bicol Loco Festival sa Albay, nagsimula na
Bicol Loco Festival sa Albay, nagsimula na; paglipad ng mga hot air balloon at libreng concert, inaabangan
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00:00 The Bicol Loco Festival is now in full swing.
00:03 The colorful hot air balloons and other star-studded activities are flying.
00:10 Mela Lesmora is waiting for the news.
00:14 The first Bicol Loco Festival or Hot Air Balloon Festival was officially opened this morning
00:26 at Old Legaspi Airport in Albay.
00:29 The program was a success because of the initiative of me, Bicol Party List Representative Elizalde Co.
00:36 and the Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta Organization.
00:41 Before the light went out, the participants were already waiting for their Hot Air Balloon Show.
00:49 Before the program started, a skydiving Philippine flag jump was done.
00:55 This was the starting point for the opening of the Bicol Loco Festival.
01:00 After this, Representative Elizalde Co. gave a message
01:06 to the Bicolans and tourists who went to the venue early.
01:11 After this, the hot air balloons were immediately flown to Himpapawid.
01:18 But because of the strong wind, the hot air balloons were not flown first.
01:26 After this, a paramotor flying and display was the next activity in the program.
01:32 An exhibition play was also made by a Cessna plane for the audience.
01:38 The pilotages that were part of the Bicol Loco Festival came from different parts of the country.
01:48 According to Congressman Co., his dream of bringing hot air balloons to the Bicol region has come true.
01:55 Well, our dream is to build a hot air balloon festival and make people happy.
02:00 We are realizing our dream of promoting Bicolansia and the Philippines.
02:13 He also has a big plan to help the tourists in Bicol.
02:18 This is the hope of Bicolansia, the hope of the Philippines to increase tourism growth.
02:24 The International Airport is already there.
02:27 The cruise ship terminal, hopefully, can be built already.
02:33 So that we are ready with the infrastructure.
02:37 We have been preparing the infrastructure and investments for almost 30 years.
02:43 A lot of people will come there to invest, hotels, development.
02:48 And when we are promoted and the GDP of Bicolansia increases,
02:53 there will be a lot of jobs, a lot of food on the table, a lot of people will be promoted.
02:59 And we will not be dependent on aid.
03:04 Bicol will provide aid to the whole Philippines.
03:08 The Bicol Local Festival will also help to increase the gross domestic product of the whole Bicol.
03:15 Meanwhile, the Libran Concert will witness the arrival of tourists and Bicolans at night.
03:22 Asia's pop star royalties, Sarah Geronimo and Bamboo, will also be involved in the celebration.
03:32 The Bicol Local Festival will end this Sunday.
03:35 Mela Lesmora as for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.