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BAGUIO CITY: Burnham Park is the first public park in the entire
country to become an “e-tourism park” following the launching
of free WiFi or wireless Internet access at the park lake on
Thursday.
Mimo Corp., represented by its president and
Baguio-boy Engr. David Sanchez, is providing the needed equipment to
make the wireless internet access free to the public, which tourism
advocates claimed would further enhance the city’s tourism
industry.
With the launching of the e-tourism project,
Burnham Park is now a WiFi area, where city residents and tourists
could go online and surf the web using laptops, WiFi phones and
other portable devices for cyberspace access.
Those who want to have Internet access at
Burnham Park will be required to get a password or an access code
from the Baguio Tourism Office (BTC) fronting the Skating Rink. WiFi
access will only be accessible during the operating hours of the
local tourism office, which means Internet access is not a 24-hour
service.
Likewise, BTC reserves the right to deny the
issuance of a password or access code to any person who is
intoxicated or under the influence of illegal drugs or trying to
disrupt peace and order within the park.
Councilor Perlita Chan-Rondez, chair of the city
council committee on parks and tourism, expressed her thanks to
Sanchez and Mimo Corp. for donating the WiFi system, which she
underscored as a “pioneering” project to the city’s tourism
industry.
Rondez said the project is the start of the
transformation of Burnham Park into a global park, as she looked
forward to a better partnership between the city government and Mimo
Corp.
Mimo Corp. is a pioneering company engaged in
the business of installing WiFi connections in Luzon. The Philippine
Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) is the Internet service provider.
The WiFi access at Burnham Park is also seen to
be a big help to thousands of students in Baguio because they could
do their assignments using the Internet connectivity without paying
or ordering food to have internet access from establishments with a
WiFi connection.
-- Harley F. Palangchao
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