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DOT lauds PH hotels recognized with the 2021 Tripadvisor Awards

DOT lauds PH hotels recognized with the 2021 Tripadvisor Awards

Tweet Manila, Philippines — The Department of Tourism (DOT) congratulates local hotels that have recently received the prestigious 2021 Travelers’ Choice Award from Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel destination planning platform. One of the hotels that bagged the 2021 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Award is The Manor at Camp John Hay, awarded as […]

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Boracay Sunset

DOT welcomes eased travel movement between GCQ and MGCQ areas for tourism revival

Tweet Manila, Philippines – The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomes the amended guidelines from the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EIMD) regarding the more liberal interzonal and intrazonal movement of persons traveling between destinations under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). Under IATF Resolution No. 79,

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El Nido Palawan photo by Christine Wehrmeier via Unsplash

Island Hopping in the Philippines – What Are Your Best Transportation Options

Tweet Palawan is one such destination in the Philippines, which any tourism will not want to miss seeing. The best activity that you can do out there, is island hopping. However, it can be difficult to make choices, because islands like El Nido and Coron are simply spectacular. You cannot simply decide on which island

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Treasures of SOX

Treasures of SOX boasts wonders of the South Philippines

Tweet (Makati City) The Treasures of SOX Travel and Tour Expo opened at the Glorietta Mall on May 6 featuring Region 12 – SOCCSKSARGEN’s spectrum of tourism experience, ranging from folklore to culture, ecotourism and beach parties. One of the highlights of the SOX experience for 2018 is the 12th Philippine Bird Festival (May 10-12),

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During the procession at the Quirino Grandstand.

Mt. Carmel traslacion highlights Philippine faith tourism

Tweet (Manila, Philippines) – Filipino religious traditions and devotional practices around this predominantly Catholic country are increasingly attracting international and domestic tourists, according to the Philippines’ Department of Tourism (PDOT). This was demonstrated recently when over 7,000 Catholic faithful joined the 4-kilometer procession from the Quirino Grandstand to San Sebastian Basilica to celebrate the 400th

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First quarter tourist arrivals in PH breach 2M, Chinese tourists close in on Koreans

Tweet (Manila, Philippines) International tourist arrivals for the first quarter of 2018 reached another milestone breaching the two million mark according to the Department of Tourism (DOT). “We already welcomed over two million foreign guests to the Philippines in just three months compared to last year when it took four months or until April to

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Over 200 volunteers participated in the clean-up of the Bulabog Beach, the kite boarding and windsurfing playground of Boracay

Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) leads #SaveBoracay clean-up drive

Tweet BORACAY, AKLAN – On the first day of the Boracay rehabilitation, the Department of Tourism (DOT) led the first wave of clean-up drive along the stretch of Bulabog Beach as part of #SaveBoracay rehabilitation efforts. More than 200 volunteers arrive from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)’s Environmental Management Bureau, the Department

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Central Visayas records 6.9 million tourist arrivals; Cebu City is top travel hub

Tweet The Department of Tourism (DOT) Central Visayas tallied approximately 6.9 million tourist arrivals from January to December 2017 largely surpassing the 6.3 million target for the said year, and recording a 17.13% growth rate from 2016. The active movement of the Filipinos traveling to different destinations in the Philippines has benefited Cebu and the

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Davao City emerges as sports tourism hub

Tweet The Philippines scored yet another tourism marketing coup with its successful hosting of the Alveo IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon on Sunday in this premier Mindanao city (list of hotels), the hometown of President Rodrigo Duterte. Thousands of people welcomed and cheered over 2,000 competitors in the different categories of this prestigious international sporting event that

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