SAN JORGE, Samar – For many years, this once sleeping town in western Samar has downplayed its tourist and business potentials to the public, but the recent change in administration this fifth class municipality is in for a change.

In a meeting with the town’s councilors, Mayor Joseph Grey reiterated his willingness to join his town in the forthcoming “Wow Philippines 2004” in Intramuros, Manila. The province of Samar and its participating towns like San Jorge, Basey and Sta. Rita will showcase its natural wonders, tourist destinations and delicacies or “best buys” starting December 1-15, 2004.

In fact, Mayor Grey will dispatch on Oct. 21, a 6-man inventory team that will conduct the documentation and mapping of several tourist destinations in this municipality.

“With this participation, we offer a new facade to all domestic and local tourists. We will see to it that these will give our town a promising history, culture, people and tourism potentials,” the mayor explained.

According to him, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Susano Salurio, who chairs the SP committee on tourism, is now preparing the whole activities, leaflets, booth interior design and other promotional materials intended for their distribution to visiting outdoor enthusiasts in the Clamp Shell in Intramuros, Manila.

“After this 3-day inventory of our tourist spots, we will start preparing our own promotional materials such as blow-up pictures, video documentaries for showing (in Manila),” Grey said.

As of now, the locality has conservative tourism potentials such as Blanca Aurora Falls, Pinipisikan Falls, Sulpan Cave and Tawasan Falls to offer to any extreme adventurers who wish explore the beauty and secret wonders of this town.

Meanwhile, this municipality is along the Maharlika Highway where busses from Luzon to Mindanao pas through. Routes from Northern Samar, Allen, Calbayog City ports and terminals bound for Leyte destinations are no longer a problem because of regular schedule trips of busses and jeepneys. The mode of transportation within the municipality is busses, jeeps, pedicabs or tricycle.

As of January 2004, records of the San Jorge Municipal Planning and Development Office (MPDO) show there where four types of industries in the municipality, to wit: cottage industry, milling industry, blacksmith (bolo maker) and metal craft/welding shops (both fabricates all kinds of metal crafts.