The province is ready to host the 2012 Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association (CARAA) sports fest in February next year.
This early, committees were organized to prepare for the regional event, which was bided by the province of Abra but later rejected it.
Governor Jocel Baac, during the regular kapihan held at the Kalinga-Apayao Electric Cooperative, accepted hosting the CARAA since he said, this will redound to the benefit of Kalinga.
He said sending a delegation to other provinces is expensive.
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“Delegates will not also be traveling from their quarters going to the sports venue if held in other provinces,” Baac said, adding the greater advantage of hosting it is that facilities are centralized and proximity of quarters for delegates to sports venues are also for their convenience.
During the meeting, the Provincial Engineering Office was directed to start preparing the sports ground. Other agencies and offices were organized into committees to help during the preparation.
It was agreed that the CARAA will be simultaneously held during the celebration of Kalinga day and Ullalim festival to draw more visitors.
"What we spend will yield high return of investment since tourism will be promoted and money inflow is guaranteed because visitors will spend here,” Baac said of the economic advantage of hosting the CARAA.
More than a thousand delegates from Baguio City and the provinces of Apayao, Abra, Benguet, Ifugao and Mountain Province are expected to join in the annual regional athletic meet. - (PIA / by Peter A. Balocnit)
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