Caramoan is a coastal town of Camarines Sur in the Southern Luzon corridor of the Philippines. It is host to a group of small islands with white sand beaches and unspoiled mountain ranges. The islands of Caramoan have remained pristine and undeveloped through the years mainly due to lack of infrastructure like roads and bridges that links the town to the other parts of the region. Caramoan town, in the recent past and during wet or rainy seasons, was isolated from the rest of the towns of Camarines Sur and connected only by sea lanes or water transpiration for its commercial survival.

This potential tourist destination has caught the attention of the regional as well as the national government of the Philippines when the crew of the well viewed TV series, “Survivor” visited the area and later decided to use GOTA Island, one of the major islands facing Pacific Ocean, as the venue for the filming the “Survivor” TV series. The executives of the production company as well as the crew and the cast must have been hooked to the beauty and serenity of the islands that they have in fact extended their stay to do more footage of the popular TV series.

Gota Island

For now, the islands part of Caramoan remained closed and off limits to tourists as well as the residents of the islands and vicinity. With the end of filming of the “Survivor” TV Series in the later part of the year, the pristine beaches and the beautiful islands of Caramoan will again be opened to the residents and visitors. And since these beautiful islands will be shown to the international audience with the showing of the “Survivor” TV Series, the people in Caramoan are preparing for the influx of international travelers and tourists who want to see for themselves the place where the “Survivor” TV Series was actually filmed.

Here are some of the smaller islands of Caramoan:

Here are some shots of the beach area:

Plans for Caramoan Peninsula

You will be surprised to know that Caramoan Peninsula will become a world class tourism destination in a few years.

Realizing its tourism potential, the provincial government of Camarines Sur has set in motion an ambitious plan to transform the Caramoan Peninsula into an upscale tourism site. This includes the upgrading and construction of a hi-way that will shorten travel time to Caramoan and a possible construction of an airport in the area. Plans have been drawn and finances have been secured to jumpstart the transformation of the area into a major tourist attraction.

Based many opinion, Ecotourism is intended to be sustainable and more focused on the natural world also beneficial to local communities and country. This industry as environmentally responsible travel and visitation to relatively undisturbed natural areas and has low negative visitor impact. After that, Ecotourism industry have many benefits for the local communities and also country. It is because this industry offers local people the chance to escape a cycle of poverty and also becomes self-sufficient within a short time and can enhance the long-term economic prospects of a community. Ecotourism also encourages the development of markets in native handicrafts and artwork for souvenirs and preservation of cultural heritage.

Then, for foreign visitors Ecotourism provides an educational glimpse of a world, striking natural beauty and rich cultural heritage. After that, for environment ecotourism provides an opportunity for long-term protection of the land and its resources. Ecotourism can play an important role in raising awareness of the problems facing a particular locale or its people. For example, the Maquipucuna Reserve in Ecuador has ecotourism success industry. The reserve is a 15,000 acre property in the cloud forest region that is owned and managed by a private foundation. This show, Ecotourism development efforts in this region, local people have inspired as symbols of theirs heritage that they proudly show off to visitors instead of as pests.

As conclusion, Ecotourism is one tourism sector that giving many advantages for local people and also country. It is because this industry not only involves natural areas and ecology but more development tourism sector for using the local people and foreign visitor. Then, ecotourism becomes to promotion of handicrafts and artwork about cultural heritage. Consequently, all department such as The Ministry of Cultural, Art and Tourism should be cooperation with local communities to developed ecotourism industry so that more successful at future.