An outlook from above the Seven Maar Lakes’ road access

Abstract

Development literature on road infrastructure exists, yet the scholarly works on road access in the Seven Maar Lakes merely touch upon, but lesser tackled. Lake roads are fleetingly referenced but marginal academically stressed, wanting to study exclusively. This article investigates and examines the road access of the crater lakes from the above outlook. Explicitly, Sampaloc Lake, Bunot Lake, Palakpakin Lake, Pandin Lake, Yambo Lake, Mohicap Lake, and Calibato Lake look into the road infrastructure’s big picture and espouse a subjective-qualitative perspective to verify and recognize the still-in-progress proceedings and hindrances. The inferences are: (1) All the seven crater lakes’ road accessibility is present, but the local government’s route direction is different, and the local communities and tourism’s development of the entry-exit road is still to be completed overall. (2) Sampaloc Lake has spearheaded advancing the road infrastructure, while Pandin Lake, Yambo Lake, and Mohicap Lake have ameliorated the premier route and brought forward the small lake’s economic development. (3) Bunot Lake, Palakpakin Lake, and Calibato Lake still have issues with the in-and-out designated paths, especially touching the tourism expansion and aquaculture facilitation, as the direct and open entrance roads are still wanting, specifically Calibato Lake, as it is absent. (4) The Seven Maar Lakes have embraced the fundamental condition— road access, notwithstanding the different status and circumstances. Overall, the lake road trajectory is about the center for tourism development, supporting the lake’s resources and facilitating their populace.