Tourism Boost Expected With Better Road To Bataan National Park

More tourists are expected to visit Mt. Natib in Orani, Bataan with the ongoing improvement of an access road leading to the famous hiking destination.

“As the country’s tourism is slowly easing to normal to aid national recovery, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is also fast-tracking the concreting of the Mulawin-Tala Road going to Bataan National Park,” announced DPWH Secretary Mark Villar.

Secretary Villar added that the 3.3-kilometer access road leading to Mt. Natib is now 80% complete and is target to be completed by April of this year.

In a report, DPWH Bataan First District Engineer Erlindo Flores Jr. said that a total of P96.5-million was allotted under the 2020 General Appropriations Act (GAA) for the construction of the tourism road.

“Once completed, safer and more convenient travel await not only tourists going to this ecotourism zone but also for motorists and residents transporting their local products,” added Secretary Villar.