Category: Tourism
Exploring ways to restart, recover from tourism losses
The year 2020 is unlike any other for the country’s travel industry, which by yearend, often produce record-breaking figures on revenues and arrivals. In January, the year started with Taal’s […]
Promoting PH tourism via Pinoy Christmas, music
To help promote its Domestic Tourism Campaign this Christmas season, the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines have launched “Pasko Na!,” an audio video presentation […]
New family of PH eagles sighted in Davao Oriental
LUPON, Davao Oriental – A family of the critically endangered Philippine eagle has recently been spotted in the forests of Lupon, Davao Oriental. Official photographer of the Provincial Information Office, Eden […]
Nature-related tourism boom anticipated
The Department of Tourism (DOT) anticipates the demand for eco-tourism or nature-based tourism to increase as people look for safer alternatives in selecting destinations to visit. Tourism Undersecretary Benito Bengzon […]
DOT launches ‘motourismo’ to attract travelers
The Department of Tourism (DOT), in tandem with the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), has tapped motorcycle riders as domestic tourism ambassadors under its “Motourismo” program to demonstrate a “safe, fun, […]
Siargao reopens shores to tourists
SIARGAO Island which prides itself as the Philippines’ surfing capital, reopens its shores today (November 23) to domestic tourists. The island forms part of Heneral Luna town in Surigao del Norte. […]
Intramuros wins 2020 World Travel Award as Asia’s leading tourist attraction
The historic Walled City of Intramuros has beaten other world-class landmarks like India’s Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China as Asia’s leading tourist attraction in the 2020 World […]
Palawan and Boracay remain among world’s paradise gardens
Big Seven Travel, a global travel authority, has named Palawan and Boracay anew among its “50 most beautiful places in the world.” Palawan, with its “immaculate string of islands,” was […]
DOT lauds eased travel movements between GCQ and MGCQ areas
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has welcomed the amended guidelines from the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on the easing of movements and traveling […]
Lighted San Juanico Bridge to brighten up Xmas in E. Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY – Leyte and Samar provinces look forward to the completion soon of the San Juanico Bridge lighting project which they expect to brighten their Christmas celebration, after months of […]