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In sustaining a whole-of-nation approach to tourism development, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and officials of the Department of Tourism (DOT) met with the members of the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) – Tourism Sector to discuss possible areas where the private sector can further offer its support to the Department in fulfillment of its […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco announced the prioritization of culinary tourism as among the country’s multidimensional tourism product offerings. Frasco made the statement at the World Chefs Asia President Forum 2023 held in Pasay City recently. Worldchefs is a non-political professional organization dedicated to maintaining and improving the culinary standards of global […]
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco discussed matters of great interest between the Philippines and Chile, including the Philippines as a place to learn English as a Second Language (ESL), and exploring culture and heritage as key in tourism promotions. This, after Philippine Ambassador to Chile, Celeste Vinzon-Balatbat paid a courtesy visit to the Tourism Chief […]
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 […]
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 […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco led the official turnover and inauguration ceremonies of the first tourist rest area (TRA) to be completed in Medellin town, Cebu Province. Visitors on a road trip traversing the town of Medellin can now enjoy the facility with Filipino-inspired interior and furniture for free! The DOT-TRA has […]
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 […]
Amid the controversy involving the Department of Tourism over an “irresponsible and erroneous” production of a tourism campaign video, Senator Robin Padilla is hopeful that Philippine tourism will recover and prosper. Padilla stressed that the essence of the DOT’s slogan “Love the Philippines” as a message of love from the Philippines and the Filipino people […]
Senator Nancy Binay said that people behind the Department of Tourism’s enhanced branding should accept that “Love” campaign is now in a marketing limbo. “We appreciate the actions taken by the DOT against the ad agency. But the big question right now is whether or not to continue with the ‘Love’ campaign,” Binay noted. After […]
Senator Chiz Escudero said the new campaign “Love the Philippines” launched by the Department of Tourism (DOT) is worth giving a chance as the Marcos administration strives to attract more international tourists to help the country recover economically from the effects of the recent COVID-19 health crisis. Commenting on the new campaign slogan, which was […]