The Hot Air Balloon Fiesta is one of the most awaited event in the country. This is definitely one of the most colorful event next to the Pahiyas Festival of Quezon province.
The Hot Air Balloon Fiesta is held in different locations every year. Last year it held in Clark Field, Pampanga. Before that, it was held in Cebu City. This year, the lucky venue was Tagaytay City.
If you come to think of it, Tagaytay is very unlikely to be the venue because there is no big flat area in Tagaytay. All it has is its mountainous planes. However, the organizers said that they only need a small area for the event to be completed. What they did was they occupied the long Tagaytay-Silang crossing and half of the Aguinaldo Highway as the runway and set up area for the balloons.
It was fun seeing the balloons lifting from the ground to the air. The event was participated by the country's biggest companies and even foreign participants also joined the event. Toyota Philippines is the proud presenter of this year's Hot Air Balloon Fiesta.
Companies who participated includes Nestle's Nescafe, McDonald's, Pfizer, Honda Philippines, Mitsubishi Philippines, The North Face, and Bear Brand milk. The countries who also participated includes the Western Australian delegation, Victoria Australia delegates, Dutch Delegation, Singaporean delegation, American delegation and the Chinese delegation.
The balloons finish and landed in the fields of neighbor town Lemery, Batangas. All in all, the event was a huge success although this years participants were not even half of last year's. Nevertheless, the event prove that the country can host an international event where Filipinos can be proud of.
