ILOILO CITY – A total of 150,597 tourists visited Boracay Island in March alone this year in what was the highest number of arrivals ever recorded during the pandemic period. The March 2022 tourist arrivals broke the highest number recorded last December 2021 when 113,596 tourists visited the...
BOGOTA, Colombia – An Italian tourist died Friday after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Colombia's San Andres island in the Caribbean Sea, local media reported. The 56-year-old man, identified by Colombian press as Antonio Roseto Degli Abruzzi, was swimming near a cliff when he...
Right after the elections, presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo plans to go back to work and help turn the picturesque Malamawi Island in Basilan into a tourist site. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) She gushed at the white sand and blue waters of the island, and...
PANGASINAN – The Department of Tourism Region 1 with the Pangasinan Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO) continued to conduct an assessment and validation of potential adventure and nature-based tourism sites in Pangasinan. Mapita Lagoon in Aguilar. (Photo courtesy of the...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Monday, March 14, that will pave the way for securing tourist spots from the influence of illegal drugs. In the MOA signing, PDEA...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Two individuals pretending to be local tourists are now in jail and facing charges for violation of Republic Act A 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, after they were arrested at a police checkpoint while trying to transport marijuana bricks in...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Wednesday said the government should consider giving COVID-19 vaccines to inbound foreign visitors to further boost the Philippine’s local tourism industry that is badly hit by the pandemic. Tolentino noted that many tourist hotspots across the globe have already...
The Philippines will start accepting fully-vaccinated foreign leisure travelers from visa-free countries beginning Feb. 10, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. (Photo from Unsplash) Puyat made the announcement on Friday, Jan. 28, after the Inter-Agency Task Force...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has launched a project featuring videos that explore the natural sounds of certain destinations in the country amid travel hesitancy due to restrictions and virus infections. The Municipality of Barlig in Mountain Province offers a captivating view of the...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has started rolling out booster shots for fully vaccinated workers in the tourism industry as an added protection against the recent spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country. A tourism worker receives his first COVID-19 jab during the mass vaccination for...
From a strictly point-to-point travel bubble policy, popular destination Coron, Palawan is gearing up to welcome local travelers back on its shores and jumpstart domestic tourism this month. Coron, Palawan (Photo from Department of Tourism) In a recent executive order released by the municipal...
Known for its pristine beaches and world-class diving sites, the Philippines once again stood out amid the pandemic after the 28th World Travel Awards recognized the country as this year's leading beach and diving destination in Asia. Sombrero Reef in Batangas is a diving site where gorgonians,...
