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Subic Bay - Olongapo a lifestyle Destination
The Subic Bay / Olongapo area is exploding as a tourist destination with the number of both domestic and international guest on the rise. The transformation of the Subic Navy base into an economic zone with a concentration of recreational activities, night life and a wide variety of accommodations has placed a new tourist destination on the map. The recent improvements in the Northern Expressway and the new Subic-Clark-Tarlac expressway SCTex are bringing the area closer and closer. Domestic tourists, especially those from Manila, are seeing the area as a qualified alternative to many other tourist destinations. The International tourist is what is really leading the way to the growth of Subic Bay. The number of visitors from other Asian countries is growing so fast that it is hard to keep pace. The increase in the number of flights and destinations at the Subic International Airport and the airport at the Clark Special Economic Zone (DMIA)in Angeles City is opening the area up to these international guests. DMIA is only 35 minutes away. The area most people refer to as "subic" or "Subic Bay" is the area around Subic Bay including the Subic Bay Freeport zone(SBF sometimes wrongly called SBMA), Olongapo City and near by communities in Zambales and Bataan provinces. The area makes an interesting tourist destination with jungle activities, water sports, wreck scuba diving a wide range of nightlife and accomodations as well as many historical and natural sites. The rapid expansion of tourism facilities on the Subic Bay Freeport balanced by the Eco-tourism and the attraction of the Bay brings people for a variety of experiences. Dive sites are close to resorts and jungles activites are very interesting. It is human nature to ignore your own backyard, but it is time for the domestic tourists to look around and ask themselves what they are missing.Olongapo is for everyone’s budget. Subic hotels and Subic resorts are a value. There are Hotels & Resorts in all price ranges and cater to all sorts of activities. Olongapo hotels are around the city and Olongapo resorts are mostly in Barrio Barretto. The number of Subic Bay hotels are increasing. Olongapo is much like a merging Honolulu, a combination city and tourist haven.
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