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The Department of Tourism (DOT) has started training Filipino tour guides on how to speak Mandarin to better serve the growing number of Chinese tourists visiting the Philippines, a ranking Tourism official said. “We’re already in the process of accepting applications for our Mandarin tour guide training. It’s a month-long program where we actually train […]
The four recently declared new tourist destinations in Nueva Ecija and Ilocos Sur are slated to receive significant attention and assistance on infrastructure, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has assured. “It’s written in the law that TIEZA should be actively helping the local government draft tourism plans because tourism is not only on […]
The Philippine National Police (PNP) and Department of Tourism (DoT) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further strengthen a partnership that ensures the safety and security of local and foreign tourists through the Tourist-Oriented Police for Community Order and Protection (TOPCOP) program. PNP chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde, and DoT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat signed the […]
The Philippines has kept a “high profile” in the world tourism radar, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. “Tourism is at its most exciting times. The Philippines has kept a high profile in the world tourism radar,” Romulo-Puyat said during her keynote address at the 7th Tourism Coordinating Council (TCC) meeting in Makati. “Foreign tourist arrivals […]
The right of Filipinos to travel abroad should not be burdened with a travel tax which is intended to fund the enhancement of the country’s competitiveness as a major tourist destination, three senators said. Senators Koko Pimentel III, Manny Pacquiao and Kiko Pangilinan, filed their respective bills seeking to totally abolish the collection of travel […]
The country’s tourism industry has generated some P245 billion in receipts from international visitors during the first six months of the year 2019, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. The corresponding total receipts from the six-month arrivals increased by 17.57 percent from the half-year gross revenues in 2018. Data provided by the DOT Statistics, Economic […]
Antique District Representative Loren Legarda said she is pushing to make the rivers in Antique “clean” and “useable.” “We want to make sure our rivers are clean and useable. Useable for tourism, (for) children to swim in,” Legarda said, adding that the province does not want “what had happened to Boracay” to be repeated in […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has issued a directive to all Department of Tourism (DOT) officials to participate in the lifestyle check of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC). This is in line with the PACC’s call on government officials to submit themselves to investigations, as part of Malacañang’s drive to stamp out corruption in the government. […]
Several government agencies have committed to coordinate and work on policies to address the exploitation of women and children in the country’s tourism industry. The Tourism Integrates, Support and Minds Women’s Respect and Child Safety (TourISM WoRCS) was initiated by the Department of Tourism (DOT) to ensure that women and children are given protection in […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the national government stands ready to assist the City of Manila in improving its tourism industry as she lauds the initiatives of Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso in cleaning the capital. “For us, in any way that we can help the mayor, we are ready to extend help,” Romulo-Puyat said […]