White water tubing

MAITUM, Sarangani (March 9, 2008) – French nurse Clotilde Bur, 23, rides with guides and local tourists over the 1.6-kilometer white water tubing adventure at barangay New la Union in Maitum, Sarangani. White water tubing is the top tourist draw in town, luring domestic and foreign tourists who dare take the breathtaking adventure aboard a "salbabida" (inflated tire tube) downstream, across rapids and forest cover. Maitum posted 19% increase in tourist arrivals, from 10,818 in 2006 to 12,895 last year. (Photo by Cocoy Sexcion/SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)