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The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recent signing of Presidential Proclamation No. 90, which adjusts the roster of regular holiday and special (non-working) days in 2023 to introduce more long weekends that Filipinos can potentially plan their trips around. According to Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, the DOT foresees the Presidential […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) reported that visitor arrivals to the Philippines have reached the 2 million mark and accounted for more than P100 billion in estimated visitor receipts since the country’s relaxation of border restrictions to foreign tourists last February 10, 2022. “Our latest figures have reached well beyond the 1.7 Million tourist projections […]
The Iloilo provincial government will launch its Lechon Festival in the municipality of Sta. Barbara on Nov. 20 to encourage hog growers in areas adjacent to places with confirmed African swine fever (ASF) cases to earn rather than take the risk of infection. Sta. Barbara tourism officer Irene Magallon said the event was an idea […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco paid a courtesy visit to the Office of the Italian Minister of Tourism, Daniela Garnero Santanché, to discuss the tourism ties between the Republic of the Philippines and the Italian Republic, and to forge for the very first time a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on tourism between […]
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco engaged in a productive dialogue with some 60 representatives of the Filipino community during the Kapihan sa Pasuguan in the United Kingdom. Jointly organized by the Philippine Embassy in London and the Philippines Department of Tourism (PDOT)-London, the Filcom members’ dialogue with Frasco comes along the sidelines of the World Travel […]
With tourism recovery among the government’s top priorities, Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte wants to find out from the Department of Tourism (DOT) how much of the over P34-billion bailout package for businesses under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Republic Act 11519 or Bayanihan 2 law) was actually used by small and medium-sized […]
The local government unit of Sagada in the Mountain Province has expressed confidence that its tourism industry will flourish anew. Mayor Felicito Dula, on the sidelines of the Indigenous Peoples Day celebration, said every weekend for about four weeks, tourist arrivals are on the rise. “We have recorded a total of 39,866 tourists who arrived […]
The Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX) 2022 tallied a record-breaking P172,602,851 business sales leads in just two days, according to data from the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines, the marketing arm of the Department of Tourism. The said amount is based on the initial submission of negotiated sales of Philippine sellers physically present at the event recently surpassing […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomed the national government’s introduction of the eARRIVAL CARD as a means to provide a more convenient and stress-free experience for Filipino and foreign travelers arriving in the Philippines. According to Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, the inception of the eARRIVAL CARD as a replacement of the existing One Health […]
The municipal government of Sagada in Mountain Province continues to get rid of rules that make visits to the town difficult and expensive for tourists. “We are amending and trying to regulate (the) rates of accommodation packages, including tour guide rates and ratios, so that they become less expensive and a burden even to ordinary […]