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Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco discussed matters of great interest between the Philippines and Chile, including the Philippines as a place to learn English as a Second Language (ESL), and exploring culture and heritage as key in tourism promotions. This, after Philippine Ambassador to Chile, Celeste Vinzon-Balatbat paid a courtesy visit to the Tourism Chief […]
The Philippines has reached its 3 million international visitor arrivals mark as of July 19, 2023, the Department of Tourism (DOT) reported. Latest data from the DOT recorded a total of 3,000,079 international visitor arrivals from January 1 to July 19, 2023. The country’s inbound tourism receipts from January 1 to June 30, 2023 have […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco expressed confidence of the country’s capability as she delivered her keynote message during the International Basketball Federation FIBA luncheon hosted by the PLDT Group. “Last March through Malacañang Administrative Order Number 5, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the formation of an inter-agency task force directing a whole of […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco led the official turnover and inauguration ceremonies of the first tourist rest area (TRA) to be completed in Medellin town, Cebu Province. Visitors on a road trip traversing the town of Medellin can now enjoy the facility with Filipino-inspired interior and furniture for free! The DOT-TRA has […]
Widespread support has poured in for the country’s freshly released enhanced tourism campaign, Love the Philippines. News5 reported that social listening tool Sprinklr recorded 59.1 million approval emotions from the public and a combined 28.9 million smile, happy, and appreciation emotions on the Love the Philippines campaign in the last 24 hours as of 4:50PM of Thursday (June […]
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco led the launch of the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) Philippines Hop-On-Hop-Off (HOHO) at the country’s capital introducing Manila’s “Cultural Hub” tours. Joining Frasco were officials of the City Government of Manila led by Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna, and tourism stakeholders. Dubbed as “the country’s first ever hop-on, hop-off bus tour […]
No less than Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, who sits as the chairman of the Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD) and the newly-created DOT DIVE Committee, led the dive product audit in a show of support to Moalboal’s tourism recovery and energetic dive scene. “By way of a Department Order, we in the […]
The inclusion of Batanes Islands, through the Batanes Tourism Hospitality Monitoring Center (BTHMC), as the newest member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) reflects successful sustainability efforts in local destinations in the Philippines. Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco made the statement following the […]
Amateur and professional underwater photographers beautifully captured the teeming marine biodiversity of Anilao in the entries to the 8th Anilao Underwater Shootout (AUS) mounted by the Department of Tourism (DOT) recently. The “World Cup of Underwater Photo Competitions” highlighted the town’s rich biological treasures, including its waters carpeted with colorful nudibranchs. Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia […]
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco committed to join hands with the local government of San Juan in preserving and promoting the city’s heritage and historical sites, and to further advance the country’s tourism industry during the commemoration of the125th Philippine Independence Day at the Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine in San Juan, Manila. In their separate speeches, Frasco […]