Some senators on Monday, July 3 expressed their dismay at the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) use of “non-original/stock footage” of travel destinations in other countries for the promotional video of “Love the Philippines” campaign. Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said the DOT should...
Love the Philippines logo ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has slammed the Department of Tourism's (DOT) "Love the Philippines" campaign, which she has claimed to have been plagiarized from a similar promotion used by Cyprus. "It is unacceptable for the Marcos government to resort to...
Clarita Carlos (left) and Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco (Facebook) Professor Clarita Carlos has taken up the cudgels for Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco on Sunday night, July 2, describing her as one of the most innovative and hardworking members of...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda could very well be telling everyone, "I told you so." The admission and apology of DDB Philippines over its rather embarrassing use of stock footage from other countries in the new Philippine...
CEBU CITY – Having a better infrastructure will help the country attract more tourists, not through slogans. Former Tourism Secretary Richard Gordon made the retort when he was asked to comment on the country’s newly launched “Love the Philippines” tourism slogan. “Slogan is nothing,”...
Photos by ALI VICOY and the author LOVE THE PHILIPPINES Unveiled during the event, the latest ad campaign of DOT with the slogan, LOVE the Philippines After a decade of hearing about how it’s more fun in the Philippines, the Department of Tourism (DOT) has recently unveiled the next step of its...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook) An Albay congressman has seemingly taken the side of Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco amid the tit-for-tat with Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda on the lousy representation of Mayon Volcano in the agency's renewed national...
Mayon Volcano (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has boldy claimed that Philippine tourism is "incomplete" without the province's iconic Mayon Volcano. Salceda--apparently still smarting from Mayon’s exclusion from the Department of Tourism's (DOT) new...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri has voiced his approval on the new tourism slogan that the Department of Tourism (DOT) has recently launched. Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Senate PRIB Photo) But Zubiri said he hopes that the new campaign would be...
Boracay, arguably the crown jewel of Philippine tourism (Unsplash) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto gave a reality check Thursday, June 29 to the government on the subject of the Department of Tourism's (DOT) new slogan for Philippine tourism, "Love the Philippines"....
After more than a decade, the Philippines is officially saying goodbye to its “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” tourism slogan as it unveiled the new “Love the Philippines” campaign slogan to act as a “guidepost” for boosting the country’s tourism industry beyond the usual...
