4M tourists had fun in PH–DOT
By Tina G. Santos
A grand total of 4,272,811 tourists visited the Philippines in 2012, the first time the foreign visitor mark breached four million.
A grand total of 4,272,811 tourists visited the Philippines in 2012, the first time the foreign visitor mark breached four million.
It’s more romantic in the Philippines. Just ask China.
It has been branded over and over as one of the world’s worst airports. But Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) has a little known advantage that even top-rated airports in the West don’t offer. And a local tourism official hopes to spread the word around—and abroad.
More and more Chinese are coming to the Philippines again following a slowdown arising from the deepening of the territorial dispute between Manila and Beijing over the Scarborough Shoal early this year.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Wednesday announced that it was wooing the Philippines’ one millionth visitor from South Korea with “exciting” tour packages that include round-trip business class air tickets, prime accommodations and tours in the best beach destinations in the country.
When he was appointed tourism secretary, advertising executive Ramon Jimenez said the Philippines would be as easy to sell as Jollibee’s Chickenjoy.
Art may help the Philippines’ original “King of the Road” reclaim its old glory.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is seeking an additional P500 million from Congress for “more aggressive” promotional materials to help further boost tourist traffic into the country by yearend.
The Department of Tourism has observed a slight increase in the number of Hong Kong tourists visiting the Philippines despite a “black travel” advisory issued against the country two years ago.
Movers of the government’s tourism campaign need to take a look at their own backyard because of dirty tricks that just may be driving tourists away.
Fashioned out of flour, powdered milk and sugar, it is one of the native Philippine delicacies, along with dried mangoes, offered in a one-stop shop set up on a street in this bustling South Korean capital to attract more Korean tourists to the Philippines.
Tourist arrivals breached the 400,000 mark in January, accounting for a 17.5-percent increase from the nearly 350,000 visitors in the country in the same month last year.
