Tourism chief Bernadette-Romulo Puyat (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced today that hotels and accommodation facilities even in areas under general community quarantine are now allowed to operate at full capacity. According to Puyat, the DOT has been...
Now that the island is open to domestic tourists, more than just grains of sand, you can have hearts and stars and snowflakes between your toes Photos by Jackie Tinsay PALM PROMENADE Palm trees keep the white sand company as Boracay awaits beachgoers If you are all sick of the sand “storm” over...
Passenger traffic is now expected to plunge lower to 66 per cent, instead of the initial 63 per cent, as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) further downgraded its 2020 forecast to reflect a weaker-than-expected recovery. The summer travel season in the Northern Hemisphere ended...
The Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) has urged the Korean government for the granting of 100 percent visa-free entry of Filipino tourists as the tourism sector prepares for the eventual resumption of travel amid the still evolving pandemic. President Ritchie Tuaño issued this appeal...
Local government officials are pushing for the restructuring of loans and granting of concessional rates to tourist transport operators using the funds from the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) to give them 2-3 years breathing space from high interest rates. Bohol Governor Arthur Yap...
Actress Kyline Alcantara admitted she's having mixed emotions about going back to school because of the pandemic. "Nakakatakot po siya sa akin kasi bagong school po e, so lahat ng nandun sa school ko na 'yun parang kilala na nila 'yung isa't isa," she related during a recent interview with GMA's...
You can even use an app to monitor the air around you in real time. Israel, keen on making travel safe and enjoyable to tourists once borders reopen, taps its leading tourism company, Sar-El Tours, to take initiative for its domestic scale. It is one of the first tourism companies to leverage on...
A hotel marketing group wants your help to restart demand for Philippine tourism We all want to travel very badly. We don’t know how soon—but we know it has to be very soon. Other countries have already restarted tourism, and we can only look of people on holidays with longing. Our domestic...
No pandemic will put off the annual Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX), biggest government-organized annual travel trade event since 1996, which will take place in the next two weeks. But, the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) said things are going to be “business unusual” for the event, which...
K-pop superstars BTS’ recent feat of topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart will generate an economic effect of 1.7 trillion won (about $1.43 billion or P69.7 billion), according to the Korean government. View this post on Instagram Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) continues to strengthen its ties with the Department of Tourism (DOT) to support the recovery of both the agriculture and tourism sectors, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and onto the “new normal.” “The DA will vigorously promote farm tourism, as it catalyzes and...
After 14 years of abandonment, a family-owned land in Pampanga was redeveloped by a couple as a way of giving honor to their late father. Tibby’s farm is an 11-hectare farm located in Angeles, Pampanga that aims to empower people through training them on natural farming for inclusive...
