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Are tourists from mainland China finally starting to return to the Philippines in droves? Is China set to reclaim its spot as the second-biggest supplier of foreign visitors to the Philippines, after South Korea? Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo, vice chairperson of the House committee on tourism, believes so. “The surge in Chinese tourist arrivals […]
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) 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 […]
The first-ever Philippines Hop-On-Hop-Off (HOHO) Bus Tours has a new itinerary in its route, as Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco formally unveiled the third and latest stop of the Philippines Hop-On-Hop-Off (HOHO), the Entertainment Hub. “As we launch the Hop-On-Hop-Off tours in the Pasay-Paranaque circuit, we will be reinforcing this area’s position […]
Staying true to its title as the “Mother of All Fiestas in Bulacan”, Singkaban Festival 2023 won the Most Outstanding Festival (Province) award during the Tourism Recognition for Enterprises and Stakeholders (TRES) Awards by the Department of Tourism Region III that was held in Hilltop, Quest Plus Conference Center, Clark, Pampanga recently. The annual anticipated […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco hosted a special meet and greet with Cebu’s tour guides, acknowledging their significant contribution to the tourism industry’s success in the past year at the Marco Polo Hotel in Cebu recently. The event brought together 72 local tour guides, who serve as the frontliners of Cebu’s tourism […]
Gamers and e-sports aficionados recently converged online and onsite at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum to witness one of the most accomplished teams in the MLBB e-sports, Ap Bren Esports emerged as the winner in the M5 World Championship, the biggest Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament ever held in the region. The 2023 Southeast Asia Games […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) cited the newly inaugurated Tourist Rest Area in Carmen, Cebu as an “ideal” public-private partnership framework, noting that the collaboration among the DOT, the TIEZA – Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority, the local government unit of Carmen, and the Cebu Safari & Adventure Park is a first step toward […]
The Provincial Government of Bohol underscored that the official turnover of the first completed Department of Tourism (DOT) Tourist Rest Area (TRA) in the province is a welcome development for the province as Bohol enters “a new and exciting chapter” post-pandemic. “Bohol’s tourism industry is now entering a new and exciting chapter. As we continue […]
The Philippines has breached its target of 4.8 million international visitor arrivals before yearend, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco announced. Frasco shared the good news during the DOT’s 1st Philippine Golf Tourism Summit held at Grand Hyatt Manila that gathered tourism and golf industry leaders and stakeholders to engage in convergence with […]