The Philippines and Brunei Darussalam have joined hands in a momentous agreement that will significantly enhance and promote mutual cooperation in the field of tourism.
The official signing of this cooperation agreement is one of the highlights of the State Visit of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to Brunei Darussalam, marking a crucial milestone in fostering closer ties and collaboration between the two Southeast Asian countries.
This landmark agreement, forged between the Republic of the Philippines represented by Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and Brunei Darussalam Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Abdul Manaf bin Haji Metussin and witnessed by President Marcos and His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muโizzaddin Waddaulah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar โAli Saifuddien Saโadul Khairi Waddien, aims to bolster efforts in strengthening, promoting, and developing tourism cooperation between the two nations.
Key objectives of the agreement include increasing tourist arrivals to or through both countries from world tourist-generating markets and encouraging a wider distribution of visitors to the various tourist destinations and attractions in each other.
Frasco expressed great optimism about the prospects of this agreement.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด,” the tourism chief said.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.โ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐บ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ-๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ, ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด,โ the tourism head added.
In 2023, the DOT recorded 6,639 visitor arrivals from Brunei Darussalam majority of whom visited The Philippines for leisure travel or vacation.
To recall, the last tourism cooperation agreement between The Philippines and Brunei Darussalam was signed 13 years ago.
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
The agreement outlines several areas where the Philippines and Brunei will collaborate, subject to their respective laws, rules, regulations, and national policies. These include:
– Muslim Friendly and Halal Tourism: Promoting Muslim Friendly Tourism (MFT) and Halal Tourism concepts in infrastructure, facilities, products, and services.
– Exchange of Experiences: Sharing best practices in the organization, management, and business operations of tourism activities.
– Manpower Training: Conducting training and capacity development for tourism personnel and stakeholders, including academic networking and exchanges.
– Joint Promotion Programs: Collaborating on advertising and promotion initiatives.
– Tour Package Development: Creating and promoting tour packages that highlight the unique attractions of both countries.
– Medical and Health Tourism: Supporting the enhancement and management of medical and health tourism.
– Investment in Tourism: Encouraging public and private sector investment in tourism programs and projects.
– Community-Based and Eco-Tourism: Promoting community-based tourism and eco-tourism initiatives.
– Business Tourism (MICE): Encouraging business tourism, including meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions.
– Information Exchange: Trading publications, research studies, and data on tourism legislation and statistics.
– Standardization and Certification: Sharing experiences related to official standards and certifications in tourism.
– Exchange and IT Development: Facilitating the exchange of experts and information technology, and developing joint comparative studies on training programs and skills improvement.
– Gender and Development Programs: Developing and exchanging programs related to gender, sustainable tourism, and accessible tourism for all.
– Airline Cooperation: Promoting commercial arrangements among national airlines.
Currently, three airlines fly directly from Banda Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam to Manila, Philippines, and vice versa. These include the Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, and Royal Brunei Airlines.
โ๐๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด-๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ข๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐๐๐, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด,โ Marcos said of the landmark agreement.
โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.โ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 3๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด-๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด,โ the President added.
Last year, The Philippines received the โEmerging Muslim-friendly Destination of the Year for Non-OIC (Organization of Islamic Countries) award in the Halal Travel Global Summit 2023.
Meanwhile, The Philippines also clinched the seventh spot among Top 20 Non-OIC destinations tied with Germany and South Africa, and number 36 overall among 138 destinations in the Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI).
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ’๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด,โ Frasco concluded.
