TAGAYTAY:  NATURE WITH THE DORMANT VOLCANO

By: Mark Cua

Tagaytay is a place in Batangas where many of the foreign tourists come and see nature. Surrounding a Volcano are islets, green areas, and small communities that consists modern Tagaytay.

For more than 3 (three) or 4(four) decades, Tagaytay became one of the main tourist attractions here in the Philippines. Although Tagaytay had already been existing since the prehistoric times. It only became a tourist attraction during the 1950s.

In a hotel in Tagaytay posted the history of Tagaytay from the pre historic times to the times of the Philippine Revolution.This picturesque is a reminder of Tagaytay through the centuries and its history. Yet maybe a nice marketing strategy for Taal Vista Hotel.

Atop the high steeps of the Tagaytay highlands, you feel breathless of the wonderful nature in front of your two

Eyes. From the distance, it may seem like a small piece of puzzle. But as you come nearer to the lake, you will realize the place was vast and big. One man is like an ant to a big garden.

But there was a sad story in this small piece of paradise. The Filipinos have lack of knowledge of caring and nurturing for mother earth. As you go near the lake shore, you see resorts, and cemented pavements.

There is a trend in the Philippines. If you see houses then the next step would be destroying the surrounding green. That trend is obvious and can be traced especially provinces near Manila. This is one of the illnesses of Capitalism. You have the money or capital to buy the land, then you have the right to destroy everything in it.

As people flock on this tourist destination, so is the abusive Filipino attitude of consuming natural resources abusively and without even thinking of ecological balance.

Only if the Filipinos will learn how to balance and attain sustainable development, the rich natural environment given by mother earth to the Philippines will be spared and thus more and more tourists will come and see such wonders.

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