PMA contributing to Baguio's tourism industry

From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 9): PMA contributing to Baguio's tourism industry

The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) thanked the Hotels and Restaurants Association of Baguio (HRAB) for including the country's top military institution among the heritage sites of Baguio City.

Army Captain Lynette Agnes Flores, PMA public information officer, said the replica of the academy in the giant cake baked during the observance of the tourism weekend here further showed to visitors the tourist sites in the premier military institution in Asia.

"As observed of the visitors coming to the academy, they enjoy their photo sessions at the park with the World War II vintage artilleries, the Borromeo Field where the cadets have their drills and reviews, the well maintained tree parks and the historic Melchor Hall," she said.

Flores said daily visitors to the academy include the regular tourists who are guided by maps distributed by the Department of Tourism (DOT), as well as the parents, friends and relatives of the PMA cadets.

During the tourism weekend, the giant cake and site replicas were displayed at the big mall here.

Aside from the PMA, the replicas included the Baguio Cathedral, City Hall, Mansion House, and Baguio Post Office.

"The PMA is honored to be among the designated heritage sites of Baguio," she said, adding the academy has rich history and significance to this mountain resort 250 kilometers north of Manila being the educational institution to train future officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

The academy is known as the Fort del Pilar named after the youngest Filipino general Gregorio del Pilar, who died gallantly at the Battle of Tirad Pass in 1899 to prevent the Americans from capturing then President Emilio Aguinaldo.

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