Fourteen Dutch high school students and teachers will stay overnight with the local fishermen in Cadiz City on July 27.This was according to Marius Hechanova, ANAK Negros Chairman and Dutch tour coordinator, during their courtesy call on Mayor Salvador G. Escalante Jr. He cited that Cadiz is famous for its fishing industry.
ANAK Negros is a non-governmental organization (NGO) who is facilitating the Holland nationals’ visit to the country.
Hechanova also said that the young people wish to experience the life of fisherfolks in Cadiz. “These 12 students and two teachers will sleep and eat with them in a coastal barangay of Banquerohan”, he added.
Businessman Samson Yap has arranged the one-night settlement set up for the foreigners. Barangay Banquerohan is an urban coastal barangay and 3 kilometers away from the City Proper.
Senior Tourism Operations Officer Juanily Pedrosa also conducted a brief orientation on Cadiz City and the tourist destinations where they could relax and enjoy the beauty of the City, including beaches and resorts, at the Cadiz Tourism Information Center. T
he visiting Dutch students are: Merel Anne van Rooijen, Maud Johanna Leonarda Beekmans, Lynn Eline Nooijen, Eline Margaretha van Geijtenbeek, Jasper Franciscus Maria Machielsen, Lisanne de Vaan, Ellen Henrica Maria van Geel, Lobke Johannes Sels,
Yannick Hans Maas, Diederick Jan Borren, Guy Alexander Polman, Isabel de Bruijn and their accompanying teachers, Petrus Antonius Maria van Schijndel and Maria Catharina van Loon./*
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