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Department of Tourism office in Beijing awarded best in destination promotions

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Tweet The Department of Tourism office in Beijing, China (DOT Beijing) was recently given the ‘Best Destination Promotions’ Award by the China Travel Agent (CTA) Magazine in recognition of tourism promotional and marketing activities undertaken by the Philippines in China. This is the fourth year that DOT Beijing has won the award for the Philippines. […]

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Cruise ship calls to spur Philippine tourism

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Tweet The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) looks forward to a hike in the country’s volume of tourists with the arrivals of international cruise ships to the Philippines. Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano shared that the cruise influx will boost local tourism and subsequently bring benefits to the local economy, such as tourism-led business ventures

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Hot Summer caused by El Nino phenomenon seen to boost Cebu’s tourism sector

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Tweet Cebu’s tourism sector has seen the current dry spell as a boon to the province’s flourishing tourism industry. Though the El Nino phenomenon is affecting the country in terms of water and food supplies, tourism ventures are expected to increase during the dry spell as foreigners form colder countries take advantage of the heat,

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‘Treasures of the North’ to spice up Dagupan Bangus Festival

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Tweet A new and exciting event will spice up this year’s Dagupan Bangus Festival 2010 slated on April 16 to May 1. This is the “Yaman ng Norte” (Treasures of the North) Agri-Trade that will showcase the ‘One Town, One Product” (OTOP) program of every city and municipality in Northern Luzon to be held at

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2010 Baguio Panagbenga flower festival most successful

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Tweet A ranking official of the Baguio Flower Festival Foundation (BFFF) on Thursday confirmed that the on-going 15th edition of the event called “Panagbenga” is among the most successful within a period of more than a decade. Anthony de Leon, also a local tourism council officer said that “It is not self-serving for us to

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Green Tourism Forum 2010 in Davao City

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Tweet The Davao City tourism industry leaders are initiating a Green Tourism Forum on Environmental Stewardship on March 8 at the Marco Polo Davao. Mary Ann M. Montemayor, convenor of Green Alliance for Davao said the forum aims to tackle relevant and pressing environmental issues affecting the tourism industry such as the power energy crisis

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Broader tourism data analysis to boost Philippine economy

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Tweet The Philiippine Department of Tourism (DOT) further reinforced its technical assessment of tourism traffic to the country to capture the aggregate and accurate state of tourism and its contribution to the economy. “We have expanded our assessment to include a more systematic and in-depth analysis of top destinations to provide a clearer insight on

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Philippine Travel Tour Expo 2010 draws 110,000 visitors

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Tweet The latest edition of the annual Philippine Travel Tour Expo (TTE) posted a record number of visitors during its three-day run at the SMX Convention Center, the Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) said Tuesday. TTE chairman and former PTAA president Jose Clemente III said more than 110,000 visitors went to the seventeenth edition of

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