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CEBU HOSTS 2023 PHILIPPINE TRAVEL EXCHANGE

The Department of Tourism (DOT) through its marketing promotions arm, the Tourism Promotions Board Philippines, formally opened the 2023 edition of the Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX), considered as biggest government-organized travel trade event in the country. As the keynote speaker for PHITEX 2023, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, a proud Cebuana, expressed her gratitude to […]

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FRASCO LAUDS DIVE TOURISM IN MISAMIS ORIENTAL

Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco graced the Governor’s Night hosted by the City of Gingoog. The program was jointly sponsored by the different local governments of Misamis Oriental and spearheaded by its Governor Peter “Sr. Pedro” Unabia.  The event is part of the NorthMin Dive Festival and MisOr Dive Festival Underwater Shootout at the grounds […]

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CEBU NAT’L MUSEUM TO SPUR VISAYAS TOURISM – FRASCO

Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco said the newly inaugurated National Museum of the Philippines in Cebu (NMP-Cebu), the first of its kind in the province and the largest in the Visayas region, will spur tourism development not only for Cebu but for the entire region as well.   President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and First Lady […]

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FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS BREACH 3M MARK, SAYS DOT

The Philippines has reached its 3 million international visitor arrivals mark as of July 19, 2023, the Department of Tourism (DOT) reported. Latest data from the DOT recorded a total of 3,000,079 international visitor arrivals from January 1 to July 19, 2023.  The country’s inbound tourism receipts from January 1 to June 30, 2023 have […]

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DOT GIVES FULL SUPPORT FOR FIBA WORLD CUP IN PH

Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco expressed confidence of the country’s capability as she delivered her keynote message during the International Basketball Federation FIBA luncheon hosted by the PLDT Group. “Last March through Malacañang Administrative Order Number 5, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the formation of an inter-agency task force directing a whole of […]

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DOT, NISSAN PROMOTE DRIVABLE JOURNEYS IN PH

The Department of Tourism (DOT) forged its partnership anew with Nissan Philippines, Inc. by way of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to implement a program called “Drive Pinas.” The Drive Pinas initiative is the product of a long-standing relationship between Nissan and DOT under a unified vision to promote local tourism and to showcase scenic […]

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SUPPORT POURS FOR ‘LOVE THE PHILIPPINES’ CAMPAIGN

Widespread support has poured in for the country’s freshly released enhanced tourism campaign, Love the Philippines.  News5 reported that social listening tool Sprinklr recorded 59.1 million approval emotions from the public and a combined 28.9 million smile, happy, and appreciation emotions on the Love the Philippines campaign in the last 24 hours as of 4:50PM of Thursday (June […]

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DOT LAUNCHES MANILA CULTURAL HUB TOURS

Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco led the launch of the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) Philippines Hop-On-Hop-Off (HOHO) at the country’s capital introducing Manila’s “Cultural Hub” tours.  Joining Frasco were officials of the City Government of Manila led by Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna, and tourism stakeholders. Dubbed as “the country’s first ever hop-on, hop-off bus tour […]

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MOALBOAL DIVE PRODUCT AUDIT A SUCCESS — DOT

No less than Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, who sits as the chairman of the Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD) and the newly-created DOT DIVE Committee, led the dive product audit in a show of support to Moalboal’s tourism recovery and energetic dive scene.  “By way of a Department Order, we in the […]

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BATANES IN UN NETWORK OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM LIST

The inclusion of Batanes Islands, through the Batanes Tourism Hospitality Monitoring Center (BTHMC), as the newest member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) reflects successful sustainability efforts in local destinations in the Philippines.  Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco made the statement following the […]