Nayong Pilipino

Nayong Pilipino in Pasay City was our very own ‘Disneyland’ during its heyday. It’s a cultural, educational, and historical landmark that showcased a miniature Philippines to foreign travelers coming from the nearby Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Sadly, the 45-hectare park had to be sacrificed to give way to the expansion of the then Manila International Airport. It was also seen as a threat to the safety of the airplanes as the park also served as a sanctuary for birds. In the end, the Visayas and Mindanao areas of the park closed down in 2004.

Although there was a project to revive the park, this was discontinued when the officials of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation were replaced by a new set of appointees in 2010, wasting hundreds of millions worth of taxpayer money in the process.

(Source: http://www.filipiknow.net/)