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The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomed another record for the Philippine tourism industry in 2023, as the country recorded a net trade surplus in travel services for the first time in 15 years. This, as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) released preliminary full-year data showing that in 2023, the Philippines successfully breached the $100 […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) brings its online referral tourism program to Singapore, encouraging more Filipinos based in the Lion City to champion Philippine tourism. Speaking virtually during the recent launch event in Singapore, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco emphasized how Bisita, Be My Guest (BBMG) has grown from being an incentive travel program “to […]
Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco was conferred the Gawad Pilipino Babae Ka Award for Public Service along with other distinguished awardees in rites held recently at the Tejeros Hall, AFP Commissioned Officers Club at Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. “It is a great honor to be a recipient of the Gawad Pilipino […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) will lobby for its inclusion in the national government’s Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) to be able to provide recommendations on furthering the protection and preservation of the country’s protected areas safeguarded by the law, primarily in tourism destinations such as Bohol. This was reiterated by Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco […]
The Philippines is strengthening its tourism ties with Austria, in a bid to capture more visitors from this emerging European source market.On the invitation of the Austrian State Secretary for Tourism, Philippines Department of Tourism (PDOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco engaged in a working visit to Susanne Kraus-Winkler in Vienna, Austria, to explore ways to […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) expressed confidence in sustaining the country’s tourism gains under the Marcos administration, with international visitor arrivals to the Philippines breaching the 1.2-million mark in just a little over the first two months of 2024. Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco made the announcement at the Philippine Pavilion at the Internationale Tourismus-Borse […]
As the first-ever Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary to set foot in the Province of Sulu, Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco received a full-honor welcome led by Sulu Province Governor Abdusakur Tan recently at the Sulu Provincial Capital. “Actually, you (Secretary Frasco) are the first (to visit Sulu). We were visited by presidents and members of […]
To equalize tourism development and promotion as envisioned by the Marcos Administration under the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) 2023-2028, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco committed the support of the Department of Tourism (DOT) in transforming Zamboanga Sibugay, dubbed as the “Center of the Zamboanga Peninsula”, into a tourism gem for the Philippines. Frasco made […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) formally opened the three-day Philippine International Dive Expo (PHIDEX) 2024 at the World Trade Center Manila recently. During the opening ceremony, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco delivered the good news that the dive industry contributed over P73 billion in revenue last year. Frasco said this was made possible with the […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) will be capacitating tourism officers nationwide under the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) with Sustainable Tourism Development Trainings designed and run by the Asian Institute of Management. This, as a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed between DOT and ATOP recently at the DOT Central Office. DOT […]