TUBA, Benguet—The scenic Mount Sto. Tomas forest reservation will be opened for agri-tourism purposes once the appropriate facilities are put in place by government agencies and the local government of Tuba.
Engineer Ralph C. Pablo, regional director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Cordillera, said the current situation in Mount Sto. Tomas does not call for its reopening to tourists.
The reservation’s forest management and land use plan is still being subjected to consultations with stakeholders, Pablo added.
One of the issues being addressed by the Mount Sto. Tomas steering committee is the zoning of the reservation, so that everything will be put in place before it will be officially opened to tourists, he pointed out.