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Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco led the Handog ng Pangulo: Serbisyong Tapat Para sa Lahat in Cebu, marking the second year of the nationwide caravan that simultaneously distributes Presidential assistance across the country. On behalf of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Frasco spearheaded the Cebu leg of the Caravan at the Cebu Provincial […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines, formally opened the Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX) 2025 at Conrad Manila, bringing together 70 international buyers from 19 countries and 87 Philippine seller companies for two days of intensive business-to-business (B2B) meetings. “To our international partners here today, the choice is undeniable. The […]
The Philippines formally launched Terra Madre Asia & Pacific 2025 recently at the North Forbes Park Pavilion in Makati City, a historic first for the global Slow Food movement in the region. Hosted by Slow Food International in partnership with the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental, the City of Bacolod, the Department of Tourism (DOT), […]
The Province of Bohol has been recognized with the Philippine Tourism Excellence Award for Tourism Destination Province for 2025–2027 at the inaugural Philippine Tourism Awards. Representing the Provincial Tourism Council Chair, Governor Aris Aumentado, Co-Chair Atty. Lucas Nunag accepted the award at Okada Manila — a proud moment highlighting Bohol’s decades-long leadership in Philippine tourism. […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT), led by Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, formally opened the Diving, Resort, Travel (DRT) Show Philippines 2025 recently at the SMX Convention Center Manila, celebrating the country’s top-tier marine biodiversity, global accolades, and growing dive tourism sector that contributed ₱70 billion to the economy in 2023 alone.“Dive tourism has proven to […]
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reaffirmed the government’s commitment to protecting tourism workers as he launched the Bayanihan sa Bukas na May Pag-asa sa Turismo (BBMT) program at the Baler Convention Center in Aurora. In his keynote message, Marcos underscored tourism’s role in sustaining livelihoods and driving national development, noting that the sector contributes about 8% […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in collaboration with the Department of Tourism (DOT), launched the Turismo Asenso Loan Program (TALP), a financing initiative that will help tourism micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to expand their operations and generate more jobs across tourism-linked industries nationwide. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the ceremonial awarding […]
The Provincial Government of Sultan Kudarat conveyed its utmost appreciation to the Department of Tourism (DOT) for including Mindanao in its efforts to make tourism more inclusive as well as to further equalize tourism development. In his speech during the formal turnover ceremony of the first Tourist Rest Area (TRA) in SOCCSKSARGEN region, the young […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines Chief Operating Officer Margarita Montemayor Nograles led the opening of the maiden Creative Tourism Conference 2025 at the historic Metropolitan Theatre in Manila, marking a milestone for Philippine tourism and the creative economy. Organized by the TPB Philippines, the two-day gathering […]
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco graced the opening of Earth + Lens 2025, the annual photo exhibition of the Manila Bulletin, in partnership with Huawei and the Manila Hotel.“It (Earth + Lens exhibit) reminds us that despite the things that we may hold in opposition, there is and will always be that which unites us […]