A SCENIC TOURIST DESTINATION & ITS

MAGNIFICENT PEOPLE: A CASE STUDY

BRGY. BOCAWON,
LA PAZ, LEYTE
KALABATO HOT SPRING IS FAR FROM THE PROPER OF LA PAZ,
LEYTE. IT DOESN’T HAVE ANY FACILITIES AND WATER TO DRINK
BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY GETTING THEIR WATER TO DRINK FROM
THE FALLS. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT MOST OF THE TOURIST
DOESN’T DRINK THE WATER FROM THE FALLS BECAUSE THEY ARE
INTO BOTTLED WATERS OR MINERAL WATERS.
KALABATO HOT SPRING IS A COMBINATION OF THE WORD
“KALABASA” (SQUASH) & “BATO” (STONE). IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
SCENERY THAT BIND WITH MAGNIFICENT PEOPLE OF BRGY.
BOCAWON, LA PAZ, LEYTE WHERE YOU CAN FIND HOSPITABLE
PEOPLE, A PERFECT PLACE TO RELAX AND UNWIND AND AN
OOZING NATURE WHERE BIRDS ARE CHIRPING, DAZZLING FALLS OF
THE WATER AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ARE PRESENT AROUND ITS
VICINITY.

THE ECO-TOURISM PARK

FEATURES A ROCK-LIFE
FORMATION WITH A SHAPE
SIMILAR TO SQUASH AND
STONE. THESE GEOLOGIC
FORMATIONS LINE THE
BANK OF GIMIRANAT
RIVER BY THE FOOT OF MT.
MALACAGANG IN THE
TOWN’S BOCAWON
VILLAGE.
THE HOT SPRING IS WITHIN THE
AREA COVERED BY THE MAHAGNAO
VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK, A
PROTECTED AREA ENCOMPASSING
635 HECTARES OF THE LAND AREA
COVERING THE MUNICIPAL
BORDERS OF LA PAZ, BURAUEN, AND
MACARTHUR. BEFORE THE ROAD
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THE SITE
IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A
30-MINUTE SINGLE MOTORCYCLE
RIDE FROM THE TOWN CENTER AND
ANOTHER 30-MINUTE HIKE FROM
THE COMMUNITY TO THE HOT
SPRING. AFTER THE COMPLETION
OF A TWO-LANE CONCRETE ROAD
WITH TWO BRIDGES, TOURIST
ACCESSIBILITY TO THE HOT SPRING
BECOMES EASIER. ONLY 100
METERS OF THE ACCESS ROAD WAS
NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONCRETING
TO PRESERVE THE SITE’S NATURAL
BEAUTY.
BOCAWON IS A BARANGAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LA
PAZ, IN THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE. ITS POPULATION AS
DETERMINED BY THE 2020 CENSUS WAS 249. THIS IS
REPRESENTED 1.30% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF LA
PAZ. THE HOUSEHOLD POPULATION OF BOCAWON IN THE
2015 CENSUS WAS 230 BROKEN DOWN INTO 60
HOUSEHOLDS OR AN AVERAGE OF 3.83 MEMBERS PER
HOUSEHOLD.
THE VISITORS OF THE PLACE ARE MOSTLY SENIOR
CITIZEN. THEY BELIEVE THAT THE HOT SPRING AND
RUNNING WATER CAN CURE THEIR ARTHRITIS OR
RHEUMA WHILE THE TEENAGERS AND FOREIGNERS ARE
WITH THE VIEW OF THE BEAUTIFUL SCENIC TOURIST
ATTRACTION OF KALABATO HOT SPRING.
ACCORDING TO MISS INALYN PAMAT, ONE OF THE
MAGNIFICENT PEOPLE OF BRGY. BOCAWON, LA PAZ,
LEYTE “THE GOVERNMENT POLICY OF KALABATO HOT
SPRING IS THAT YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES BUT CAN’T
TAKE SOME THINGS THAT KALABATO HOT SPRING
OWNED. YOU CANT LEFT YOUR FOOTPRINTS OF
MEMORIES BUT NOT YOUR WASTE.” ALSO, SHE QUOTED
THAT “JUST ENJOY THE VIEW AND APPRECIATE THE
BEAUTY OF IT.”
THEY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES AND WATER
SUPPLY FOR THEIR TOURISTS/VISITORS BUT THEIR
BRGY. COUNCIL OF BOCAWON IS DECIDING TO BUILD A
MINI HOTEL TO CATER FOR THEIR VISITORS WHO WANTS
TO STAY FOR OVERNIGHT BY THIS THEY CAN GENERATE
MORE INCOME THAT WILL SUSTAIN THEIR EVERYDAY
LIVING. ALSO, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE A WATER
SUPPLY THAT IS CLEAN AND ABLE TO DRINK.
IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO WANT TO ADD AMINI CAFÉ AND
SOUVENIR SHOP BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN
THEIR BARANGAY ARE INDUSTRIOUS AND ARTISTIC
WHEN IT COMES TO CRAFTMANSHIP. SO, AS A WAY OF
LIVING, THEY WILL PROPOSE A LIVELIHOOD
TRAINING/PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP THEIR PEOPLE
THROUGH THE ACTION OF THEIR BARANGAY COUNCIL.
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BARANGAY TOURISM, COUNCIL AND WE, THE
CASE STUDY WRITERS DISCUSSED REGARDING THE OUTCOMES AND
POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION TO BE FOLLOWED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
THE KALABATO HOT SPRING RESORT. BASED ON THE PROPOSED MINI
HOTEL, MINI CAFÉ AND SOUVENIR SHOP. THIS IDEA IS THE RIGHT DECISION
TO DO BECAUSE IT GIVES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SOME PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE LIVING IN BRGY. BOCAWON WHERE THE SCENIC
TOURIST DESTINATION IS LOCATED. BY THIS, WE CAN SAY THAT PEACE WILL
START BY EMBRACING THE VIBE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND IT IS A
PERFECT RECOMMENDATION TO BUILD, RENOVATE, INNOVATE AND IMPROVE
THE PERFECT SCENIC DESTINATION IN OUR PLACE WHERE KALABATO HOT
SPRING IS LOCATED. DASIG LAPAZNON!!!
DURING THE INTERVIEW OF ONE OF THE
MAGNIFICENT PEOPLE OF BRGY. BOCAWON,
LA PAZ, LEYTE: MISS INNALYN PAMAT
DURING THE FINALIZATION AND
REVIEW OF OUR CASE STUDY
A SCENIC TOURIST DESTINATION & THE
MAGNIFICENT PEOPLE OF KALABATO HOT
SPRING ECO-PART AT BRGY. KALABATO, LA
PAZ, LEYTE: A CASE STUDY
PRESENTED BY: PRESENTED TO:
ROLANDO C. GOMEZ, JR.
SUBJECT TEACHER