While on tour in Banaue, tourists are advised to register at the Banaue Tourist Information Center located at Poblacion, Banaue and pay an environmental fee of Twenty Pesos (P20.00) to be used for the conversation programs of the beauty spots and natural resources of the place. Avoid negotiating or coordinating your tours with unlicensed guides at bus terminals instead get first hand accurate information at the Banaue Tourism Information center established by the Local Government Unit and the Banaue Tourism Council at the town center. Avail of the services of Accredited licensed Tour Guides to serve you for a secured and memorable tour in the center and for protection from exploitation of the culture and environment.
The Rice Terraces remains the main tourist attraction in Banaue.
Nestled within the Cordillera Region, this manmade wonder of Banaue Rice Terraces, the "Eight" Wonder of the World is the best example of an exquisite time-honored breathtaking panorama built about 2,000 years ago with only primitive tools and olden methods by the ancient Ifugaos. These classic stone walled rice terraces rising like stairway to the heven are a great sight to behold.
The relative fame accorded to the Ifugao Rice Terraces as being one of the monumental and spectacular manmade project of mankind has made it one of the country's tourism landmarks. Such fame is bolstered by the recognition accorded it by prestigious international organizations.
The UNESCO included the rice terraces in its World Heritage List in 1995 with distinction of being a cultural landscape. The World Travel and Tour Council had chosen it among the two in the country as a green globe destination. The American Society of Civil Engineers has confered it in the "International Historic Engineering Landmark Award". Former President Fidel Ramos of the Republic of the Philippines also has called it a symbol of sustainability rightly contending that despite having built some 2,000 years ago is still utilized for the purpose it was created, the cultiviation of rice.
In this contemporary times, the Banaue Rice Terraces still remains as the major tourist desctination in the province of Ifugao and even in the country.
