CEBU CITY – Close to one million tourists have visited Central Visayas in the first half of 2022, the top official of the Department of Tourism (DOT)-Central Visayas revealed Thursday, August 11. TAMANO (right) and Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco. (FB) DOT Undersecretary Shalimar Tamano said...
The local government of Las Piñas City announced the opening of Las Piñas Nursery and Botanical Garden to the public on August 10. In a Facebook post, the Las Piñas Public Information Office said the garden located in Barangay Pamplona Uno on Alabang-Zapote Road is open to the public from Monday...
ILOILO CITY – Boracay remains one of the top destinations in the country, with around 183,096 local and foreign tourists trooping in the island resort in the month of July alone. Based on the data released by the Malay Tourism Office, the bulk of the visitors were still domestic tourists with a...
ILOCOS SUR -- Around 20 tourist attractions and establishments in Bantay town and Vigan City here were found to have sustained minor to major damages during the magnitude 7 earthquake on Wednesday, July 27. Ancestral house in Vigan City sustained damages from the earthquake. (Contributed photo by...
ILOILO CITY – Despite challenges from the pandemic, more than a million tourists visited Western Visayas in the first half of this year. Since its October 26 reopening, tourists are gradually coming back to Boracay Island. The government assures that policies will be improved to sustain the work...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) ordered all its police commanders to increase police visibility in tourist spots in their respective areas. Police Maj. Gen. Valeriano De Leon, PNP director for Operations, said the order was in compliance with the directive of President Bongbong Marcos to...
The Philippines registered the highest volume of summer bookings in Southeast Asia and ranked among the most popular destinations for US visitors, according to global travel analytics firm ForwardKeys on Friday, June 17. While Southeast Asia "lagged far behind the rest of the world in its recovery...
An eight-month campaign rallying for smoke-free beaches, parks, and tourist destinations in Boracay Island and Aklan was launched on Tuesday, May 31, coinciding with the celebration of World No Tobacco Day. NO SMOKING (PIXABAY) Such was launched by the Department of Health (DOH) in cooperation with...
SURABAYA, Indonesia -- At least 14 people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed into an advertising sign in Indonesia's East Java province early on Monday, police said. The bus -- which was carrying 31 passengers, the driver and a crew member...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion does not think it is wise to require again foreign tourists to undergo quarantine when they arrive in the Philippines as this might discourage them from visiting the country and therefore affect local small businesses. Presidential Adviser...
TOKYO, Japan -- Rescuers in Japan were searching Saturday for a sightseeing boat carrying 26 people, hours after it sent a distress signal warning it was sinking, the country's transport minister said. The "Kazu 1" was sailing off the northern tip of Japan's Hokkaido prefecture when it issued the...
Over 200,000 foreign tourists have arrived in the Philippines since it reopened its borders for travelers from all countries last April 1, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Friday, April 8. Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro (Photo courtesy of DOT) Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said that...
