It's already March, but it still feels like love month when you're around Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco and his wife, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco. Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco gets 'interviewed' by Cebu 5th district Rep....
Behind this weekend’s successful hosting of Micecon 2023 are some very clever, resourceful, and strong-willed women WANDER WOMEN Behind the phenomenal success of Micecon 2023 are teams led mostly by women, such as Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco (third from left), Vice...
The Philippines has back-to-back nominations at the 2023 World Travel Awards WHERE AZURE AND WHITE MEET Puka beach in Boracay, Western Visayas Your country calls upon you to serve your patriotic duty as we battle it out in the 2023 World Travel Awards. Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary...
The Philippines and two of its top tourist attractions—Intramuros and Cebu—have been nominated for significant accolades in the Asia category of the 30th World Travel Awards (WTA), Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco announced, on Tuesday, Feb. 22. (MANILA BULLETIN...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has is pushing for the improvement in connectivity in at least 94 key tourist destinations in the country. During the plenary session on economic transformation at the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028 forum Monday, Jan. 30, Tourism Secretary Christina...
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco declared Mindanao’s readiness to receive tourists following the successful launch of the very first Mindanao Tourism Expo in Davao City on Friday, Jan. 27. The regionalization of the highly anticipated tourism expo in a new era of tourism development in...
The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading the proposed Magna Carta on Religious Freedom Act, which is contained in House Bill (HB) No. 6492. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The measure prohibits the government or any person to burden, curtail, impinge or...
The Philippines and China's tourism deal will provide “massive" employment opportunities and investments across all sectors of tourism in the country.Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco said after signing the Implementation Program on Tourism Cooperation. (Photo courtesy of the Department...
The government will build the next Tourist Rest Area (TRA) in Bohol to provide convenience to the growing number of tourists visiting the island province, which is home to the world-renowned Chocolate Hills and one of the world’s smallest primate – the tarsiers. Tourism Secretary Christina...
The country’s 2022 tourism industry generated P208.96 billion ($3.68 billion) in revenues, a whopping 2,465 percent increase from 2021, with 2.65 million international visitor arrivals as of end this year and setting the stage for a more vibrant 2023, the Department of Tourism reported. In a...
CEBU CITY — The flagship tourism program of the province of Cebu, the '"Suroy-Suroy Sugbo," will become a national program next year. GOV. Garcia (FB) With this, Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said all regional directors of the Department of Tourism (DOT) will join the next leg of Suroy-Suroy Sugbo....
CEBU CITY – Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco on Wednesday, Dec. 7, led the groundbreaking of the Tourist Rest Area in Dauis town, Bohol. TOURISM Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco and officials of Bohol province lead the groundbreaking of the Tourist Rest Area in Dauis town, Bohol. (Photo...
