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In a distinguished career spanning over five decades, master travel photographer George Tapan captured the soul of his homeland on a global scale.
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CHINESE travel to the Philippines is expected to remain sluggish during the upcoming Golden Week national holiday, but they will be staying longer and traveling in smaller groups.
THE Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) expects 100 travel buyers from 19 countries at the upcoming Philippine Travel Exchange 2023, which will be held in Cebu City.
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) is pushing for the re-establishment of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) to oversee the management of the popular resort island.
THE House of Representatives will be introducing legislation to amend Republic Act 9593, otherwise known as the Tourism Act of 2009, to allow the Department of Tourism (DOT) to gain a more comprehensive control of the tourism development in the country.
THE arrival of close to 40,000 cruise passengers in the country this year is expected to generate at least $4 million (P216 million) in visitor receipts to the economy.
AS the bulk of tourists in the country starts arriving for the holidays, the planned volt-in of the arrival systems of different government agencies continues to be problematic. Passengers landing at Manila’s airport are still dealing with an unfriendly e-Travel website and confusing queues, despite the relief promised under phase 2 of the new arrival scheme.
There’s high interest in the Philippines as a tourism destination, that’s for sure, but more European tourists will come if only airline fares and hotels were less expensive.
A senior lawmaker has called on local executives to support the national government’s efforts to quickly return the country to normalcy by ditching whatever entry restrictions on inbound travelers they might still have in place in their respective localities to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
INDIA can be the new outbound travel powerhouse, replacing the Chinese market on which most Asia Pacific destinations rely.
THE popular Fodor’s Travel Guide has put Palawan on its “Go List” in Asia for 2023, describing the province as “The very definition of eco-luxury, [and] one of the Philippines’ most magical islands where underwater worlds meet lush jungles.”
INBOUND tourists in the Philippines are on their way to hitting 1 million by yearend, encouraging international hotel chains to sign on more properties and expand their local footprint.
THE Philippines puts its best foot forward this week as it hosts for the first time, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit in Manila.
TRAVELERS from the United States continued to lead the total number of foreign tourists arriving in the Philippines.
MASSIVE interest in the Philippines was generated at the recent International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) in Tel Aviv, with Israeli tourists keen on beach adventures and nature trips.
A GROWING number of quarantine hotels have been caught by the Department of Tourism (DOT) offering guest rooms to leisure tourists.
TOURISM stakeholders were gratified by the enactment of Republic Act 11262, which extends the mandate of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (Tieza) to grant fiscal incentives to tourism enterprise zones (TEZs) for another 10 years.
AN initial batch of 25 resorts has been approved by the inter-agency Task Force Boracay to resume their operations when the island reopens on October 26.
CHINA could make a dramatic change to the Philippine tourism practically overnight, according to Leechiu Property Consultants CEO David Leechiu.
By Roger Pe | Special to the BusinessMirror
By Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo / Special to the BusinessMirror
The Board of Investments (BOI) is considering the removal of geographical limitations on incentives availment for hotel development to address the rising demand in tourism accommodation.
THE Czech Tourism Authority (CTA) will roll out better tour packages in a bid to increase Filipino tourist arrivals to their country.
Story & photos by Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco
HOTEL owners and managers welcomed over the weekend the new accreditation guidelines issued by the Department of Tourism (DOT), saying that this would improve the overall quality of tourist accommodations in the country.
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