Provincial employees conduct pruning (lower left photo), watering (upper left photo) and pesticides spraying (right photo) of trees to maintain the beauty, cozy, fresh ambience and insect-free atmosphere around the Capitol Compound in Lingayen. Ret. Col. Rolando Diaz, general services officer-in-charge, said that keeping the environment clean and green is a strategic approach to promote domestic tourism, a priority thrust of Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr., to attract foreign and local tourists. From number 3 in 2006, Pangasinan is now the number one tourist destination in Region I with a total tourist and visitor arrivals of 1,285,920 from 2007-2011. (PIO Photo by Meinard V. Sadim)
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