Discover Iloilo, Discover Philippines

From top, left to right: Calle Real – Iloilo City's historic city center,
The Aduana/Customs House of Iloilo and Muelle Loney,
Saint Anne Church of Molo District,
Smallville Commercial Complex in Mandurriao District,
Nelly Garden,
and the Arroyo Fountain and Casa Real/Old Iloilo Provincial Capitol

Recently the Philippine Department of Tourism launch the new campaign regarding the Iloilo. The said campaign is also part of It's More Fun in the Philippines!

Iloilo is  is a highly urbanized city on Panay Island in the Philippines, and the capital city of the province of Iloilo. It is the regional center of the Western Visayas as well as the center of the Iloilo-Guimaras Metropolitan Area.

Iloilo as a Metropolitan Area

Iloilo City being part of Metropolitan Iloilo - Guimaras is considered to be the only officially declared and recognized metropolitan area in Western Visayas as per Presidential Executive Order No. 559 duly signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on August 28, 2006.

Iloilo Landmarks and Tourist sites

Iloilo City's urban planning and architecture reflect the plans of the Spanish and the American colonial administrations. Since Iloilo City is a conglomeration of towns, the districts have their own plazas which are surrounded by establishments of political and ecclesiastical influence, such as churches and old administrative halls. In 1930, Juan M. Arellano of the Bureau of Public Works designed the schematic plan for Iloilo City, which was influenced by Ebenezer Howard's "Garden City.

Here the lastest campaign of Department of Tourism in Iloilo



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Source  HabagatCentral.com  and Department of Tourism