Land travel from Tacloban Airport in Leyte to the capital of Eastern Samar currently takes five to six hours, or two days via combined land and roll-off-roll-on rides from Manila.
and one of the country’s most picturesque provinces anticipates growth in tourism and other economic opportunities with the launch of Philippine Airlines’ Cebu-Borongan route in December.
Prior to the new flight service, travelers to the capital of Eastern Samar have to land at Tacloban Airport, then travel five to six hours by land to reach Borongan City, although the route via San Juanico Bridge, which ends in Santa Rita town, Samar, is also a travel draw. “The entire Philippine Airlines family shares the excitement of the people of Eastern Samar over the new PAL service between Cebu and Borongan City,” said Ng.
Eastern Samar is a poor province and, until recently, saddled by one of the country’s strongest bastions of the communist insurgency, leaving more of its 100 kilometers of coastline unexplored.
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