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Other Antipolo 2015 updates

LRT 2 East Extension Details? USD 211.3 M (PHP 9.51 B)? 3.93 km from Santolan to Masinag,Antipolo

Notes2013 - First tourism fair

- repackaged as the "City on the Mountain" from City of Pilgrimage- Antipolo Tourism Fair at SM City Masinag.- aims to promote Antipolo as an ideal tourist destinationdue to its cool climate with some similarity to Baguio orTagaytay despite its close proximity to Manila

2014 - 2nd tourism fair- "Sumakah"- Alay Lakad (Pilgrimage Walk) welcomed more than 2.5 millionreligious tourists

2015 - "4M+ alay lakad walkers"2016 - "estimated 6M devotees joined the Alay Lakad to Antipolo Church"

Video Interview (Online)13 min interview with Antipolo Tourism officer Mar Bacanihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UApyTjenkUA

Book (Online)Religious Diversity Today: Experiencing Religion in the Contemporary World- by Lian D. Murphy

"The devotional motivation came to be mixed up with the touristic. Devotees do not just pray.They also marvel at the artistic and historic wealth of the churches and soak up

 the cultural offeringsof the localities. Tourist agencies have started oferring package tours of provincial Visita Iglesia"