TMS Kicks Up Adventure Tourism

Hannah Sarmiento bravely tries the zipline in Kampo Uno's Tower inside UP Diliman.

TMS Kicks Up Adventure Tourism

Last August 26, the University of the Philippines Tourism Management Society, in relation with the Alternative Class Learning Experience for 2009 themed “No Limits, No Boundaries”, laid out XXX: Xtreme Xperience to the Xth level.

Thirty-three participants made up of both students and professors were divided in groups of three, making up the eleven teams who competed in the “Amazing Race-inspired” event which involved tracking clues leading to the different stations manned by the organization’s members around the entire campus.

Eleven stations, each imposing activities such as rappelling, zip-lining, Tyrolean traverse, and two-cable traverse, were needed to be surpassed by the teams in the fastest time possible. The race began at 2 and ended at 6 in the afternoon.

Free snacks inside the Asian Institute of Tourism’s lobby and picture-taking followed the race.

The event was made possible through partnerships with Kampo Uno, UP Red Cross Youth, and UP Corps of Cadets.