Iloilo City significantly increases festival budget for 2025
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Iloilo within the Central Philippines just lately raised its finances for varied festivals in 2025 to round US$891,000, considerably larger than the US $689,000 from final 12 months.
Funds for such occasions are coursed by means of the Iloilo Festivals Basis Inc (IFFI).
In a press convention held on Monday, third February, metropolis mayor Jerry Treñas defined that the necessity for larger allocation has been pushed by the rising scale of festivals held within the metropolis.
The widely-popular Dinagyang Competition held each fourth weekend of January, particularly, has grown significantly for the reason that metropolis reopened for tourism following the pandemic.
Treñas mentioned: “For the seven days we celebrated Dinagyang, Extra Electrical and Energy Company (MORE Energy) obtained an extra 4 megawatts of energy demand day by day on account of an elevated variety of occasions associated to the pageant.”
The mayor additionally lauded the IFFI in the course of the convention for its position in organizing the latest five-day Chinese language New Yr celebration, which concluded on Saturday, 1st February.
Apart from Dinagyang, Iloilo can also be residence to the Paraw Regatta Competition in March, the Competition of Meals in April, the Bike Competition in July, and the Artwork Competition in October.
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