What does it mean for a location to be lawfully declared as a "tourist destination"? Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo, a vice chairman of the House Committee on Tourism, answers this question even as the panel is set to facilitate the giving of...
Deputy Speaker and Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco recently celebrated his birthday, upon the insistence of his wife, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco. From left to right: President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Frasco, and...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – This city achieved a milestone with regard to its tourism program after bagging a pair of grand awards in the ‘17th ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards’ at the Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay City on Thursday, Oct. 27. Photo via Zaldy Comanda Tabuk City was adjudged best in tourism event...
The threat of new and highly contagious variants of Covid-19 should not impact the direction of the Marcos administration to open up the country to tourists and investors as Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco disclosed on Tuesday, Oct. 25, that current tourist arrivals of more than 1.8 million...
The Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX) for this year has posted over P172 million in business sales, a record-breaking sale in travel bookings in just two days according to the Department of Tourism (DOT). DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco said on Saturday, Oct. 22, that the PHITEX is proof of...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Friday, Oct. 21, welcomed the lifting of the One Health Pass (OHP) entry requirement for travelers which, it said, signifies the full recuperation of the country's tourism industry from the devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic. Courtesy of Bureau of Quarantine...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has opened on Wednesday, Oct. 19, the biggest business-to-business (B2B) travel trade event in the country: the 2022 Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX), which is aimed at helping the tourism industry recover from the adverse effects of the Covid-19 global pandemic....
President Marcos has encouraged the Department of Tourism and all stakeholders to work together in order to reintroduce the beauty of the Philippines to the world. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Speaking at the Philippine Tourism Industry Convergence Reception in...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) opened on Saturday, Oct. 15, the first-ever festival show in Baguio City, which is seen to give way to the reawakening of the traditional tourism festivities in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Dubbed the “Cordillera Festival of Festival Shows”, the...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco has highlighted the government's effort to overcome the adverse effect of the Covid-19 pandemic by pushing through a much eager campaign to ensure the full recovery of the Philippine economy. Department of Tourism Secretary Christina...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the local government of Baguio City have vowed to eliminate traffic congestion and improve urbanized sanitation to promote resilient and sustainable tourism in the country's summer capital. This was discussed during the visit of Baguio City Mayor Benjamin...
The Philippines must attract 1.7 million tourists from China every year--just like old times--if it wants the local tourism industry to fully recover from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Alejandra Luengo/ Unsplash) Thus, reckoned Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo, who categorically...
