RoRo your boat to paradise

MANILA, Philippines - State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is stepping up its efforts in promoting the use of the Road Roll-on, Roll-off Terminal System (RRTS) or RoRo as a preferred mode of transportation among foreign and local tourists with its publication of RoRo travel guides.

DBP president and chief executive officer Reynaldo David said the RoRo travel guides available in three titles — Central Highway Traveler, Western Highway Traveler and Eastern Highway Traveler — feature important travel information such as RoRo routes, accommodations, and tourist attractions located along the Western, Central and Eastern nautical highways.

“These travel reference materials will show that traveling to the different parts of the archipelago is now easier and affordable with the RoRo. The travel guides will also show how the national government has connected the islands through the RRTS, which complements the Strong Republic Nautical Highway, one of the more important legacies of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,” David says.

The RRTS employs the use of RoRo vessels as an affordable means of getting to the different islands of the country and is one of the major components of DBP’s flagship infrastructure and logistics initiative, the Sustainable Logistics Development Program (SLDP).

Each travel guide comes with more than 100 full-color pages, including a pullout map showing the various tourist attractions along the three nautical highways. Seasoned travel writers and photographers have lent their talents in highlighting historic landmarks, eco-adventure destinations, local food finds and products in cities and provinces where the nautical highways traverse. There is also a schedule of RoRo trips that will guide tourists in planning their RoRo adventure.

The travel guides will be distributed for free in selected areas such as ports, bus terminals, coffee shops, airports and resorts.