Poro Point to be converted into a tourism site!
By MAR T. SUPNAD - Manila Bullitin

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Poro Point Management Corp. (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Bases Conversion Development Authority, is bent on transforming huge part of the island into a tourism hub to lure not only tourists but also traders to pour in their investment in this sprawling industrial and commercial area.

This was learned from Atty. Juanito F. Antonio, PPMC president and chief executive officer, who said that the construction and development of the PPMC’s 66 hectares of land to be converted into a tourist area forms part of the PPMC’s support project to the 10-point agenda of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, particularly in income generating and creating of additional jobs for the Filipinos.

True to its program of development, Atty. Antonio pointed out that the PPMC has already started constructing the Choral promenade, perfectly designed walking avenue along the stretch of the coastal area here, and looks like what appeared to be the same style as that of the Manila’s Roxas Boulevard, now the favorite hang out of Manileños during night time.

Atty. Antonio said that aside from this choral promenade which is maybe the first to be constructed in the North, they will also construct high rise villas, coffee shop’s and kiosks in the former Wallace Air Station of the United States military to accommodate tourists and investors, transforming the coastal area into what Atty. Antonio’s description as the "Mini Boracay of the North.’’

"You can really feel the romantic atmosphere of the area particularly during night time, especially so when you have a beautiful lady companion strolling around and could feel the beauty of the nature and environment,’’ Atty. Antonio told this correspondence and presidential assistant Enrei A. Mendoza, as he toured us around the sprawling more than Poro Point.

It is an ideal area not only for tourism but also for investment since it is accessible both by land and water. Poro Point has an existing airport with four existing international sea ports.