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Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco lauded this year’s successful edition of “Suroy Suroy Sugbo”. Frasco graced the concluding ceremony of Suroy Suroy Sugbo held in Liloan, Cebu and attended by some 900 participants including House Deputy Speaker Duke Frasco and DOT officials Undersecretary Shahlimar Hofer Tamano, Undersecretary Myra Abubakar, OIC Undersecretary Secretary […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) officials and regional directors recently took their oath before Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco at the DOT office in Makati City. Frasco congratulated the officials on their appointment and expressed her gratitude for heeding the call of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to make tourism a pillar of economic resurgence amid the […]
The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) and its counterpart Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China have signed an Implementation Program on Tourism Cooperation to push for bilateral tourism cooperation between the Philippines and China. Philippine Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco signed the Implementation Program (IP) on Tourism Cooperation together with […]
The holidays have delivered further gains for the Philippine tourism industry as it breached its 1.7 million target by year-end with 2.65 million international visitor arrivals as of December 31, 2022, translating to P208.96 billion or $3.68 billion in tourism revenue, a 2465.75 percent from the same period last year. The new record has nearly one […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has formally signed a partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) in a bid to introduce and further improve internet connectivity in 94 identified tourist destinations across the country, and digitalize tourism services nationwide. The ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was held at the […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) officially launched an incentive program to entice Filipinos to take an active role in the promotion of Philippine tourist destinations. In cooperation with the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) and private sector partners including SM Supermalls, the DOT unveiled the Bisita, Be My Guest (BBMG) […]
Senator Nancy Binay is not in favor of changing the slogan of the Department of Tourism (DOT). Binay said rebranding and marketing can be “very costly considering that the DOT will spend millions of dollars by changing the slogan”. The veteran legislator said this after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vetoed a provision to rebrand DOT’s promotional […]
Maximizing her participation at the 22nd World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit: Travel for a Better Future, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco met with tourism decision makers from the Middle East to pitch the viability of the Philippines as a destination for visitors from the region. Frasco engaged in a […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) in partnership with the Tourism Infrastructure Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) and the Baguio City local government broke ground on the first ever Tourist Rest Area (TRA) in Luzon recently. Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco led the signing of the provisional Memorandum of Agreement (MO A) held at the Baguio Country […]
Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco bannered the Filipino brand of service excellence at the recent 22nd World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit: Travel for a Better Future. “Wherever you may find yourself in the world, whether it’s a hotel, a restaurant, a hospital, a home, and in many other […]