This is the Good Friday Via Crucis religious crowd. Lent is the season when Marin- duquenos who earn their living outside the province or those who might have settled elsewehere, and students taking up studies in Manila colleges and universities are expected by their families and relatives to come home. They represent the huge bulk of travelers to Marinduque beginning Palm Sunday.
It is estimated that during the Holy Week approximately 25,000 passengers enter the ports of Balanacan, Cawit, Buyabod and Gasan. Accommodation is not a problem for this type of visitors because they stay with their families. But small resorts, hotels and inns in Marinduque can only accommodate up to 400 guests (excluding the accommodations offered by Bella Rocca Island Resort). They are normally fully booked during this period. Home stay programs such as those in Gasan are therefore continually improved to make room for additional visitors.
For the rest of the year, hotel and resort bookings are easy to obtain, the reason why visitors are encouraged to visit the island-province when travelling is a breeze.
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