24 March 2010
The Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club (BCBC) is set to select the yearly “Baguio Lucky Summer Visitors” next week in time for the expected exodus of hundreds of tourists to this mountain resort 250 kilometers north of Manila. Tamawan Village Baguio City BCBC president “Bombo” Jun Villanueva said the selection committee will be at the [...]
Posted in Baguio City, Luzon1 Comment
24 March 2010
Philippine tourism has a good start in the first quarter of 2010 as the country continues to reap recognition for sustained marketing activities throughout its key segments in China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Russia and North America. Batanes Island “Giving honor to our country should be the duty of every Filipino. These achievements at the [...]
Posted in About the Philippines, Philippine Travel News6 Comments
22 March 2010
You just arrived at your hotel and after switching on the light, which you will later find out is a CFL or Compact Fluorescent Lamp, you then proceed to the bathroom for a leisurely warm shower without knowing that the heat that warmed your bathing water could have come from a pump that collects heat [...]
Posted in About the Philippines, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippine Travel News9 Comments
19 March 2010
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. The [...]
Posted in About the Philippines, Philippine Travel News4 Comments
17 March 2010
Bohol’s new luxury tourist destination, The Peacock Garden Resort and Spa was recently inaugurated by Tourism Sec. Ace Durano along with DOT regional director Dawnie Roa and top local government officials led by Gov. Erico Aumentado, Rep. Edgar Chatto, Tagbilaran Mayor Dan Neri Lim and the Peacock Garden’s visionary owners Hans and Lani Schoof. Monsignor [...]
Posted in Bohol, Hotels, Visayas2 Comments
15 March 2010
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 and [...]
Posted in About the Philippines, Philippine Travel News8 Comments
09 March 2010
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, said [...]
Posted in About the Philippines, Cebu, Philippines Best Beaches, Visayas5 Comments
09 March 2010
The climate is changing. The earth is warming up, and it is seen as one of the greatest threats facing the planet. As climate change could wreak havoc to the world’s weather patterns, it should also be a major concern for tourism, said Tourism Secretary Ace Durano at the sidelines of the recently concluded ‘Eco-Mismo: [...]
Posted in About the Philippines, Philippine Travel News1 Comment
07 March 2010
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 the [...]
Posted in About the Philippines, Dagupan City, Luzon, Philippine Festivals3 Comments
05 March 2010
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 say [...]
Posted in About the Philippines, Baguio City, Luzon, Philippine Festivals0 Comments
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