Tourism

SINGAPORE – Going on holiday is back on the cards again despite the recession, with a global survey showing one in 5 people plan to travel overseas, even if it’s largely within their region.

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga , Philippines  – The Department of Tourism is eyeing bright tourism prospects in North Philippines for the rest of the year despite calamities.

MANILA, Philippines – The National Geographic Magazine had named the Philippines as “One of 25 Best New Travel Destinations in the World in 2010” and the country’s ancient cultures, structures and biodiversity were cited as key reasons to visit the archipelago.

AS property firms grapple with the effects of Typhoon Ondoy, they may be in for another drubbing after the government cut its tourism outlook for next year.

Brussels, 5 October : In a statement prepared by the ITUC, Global Unions Federations and TUAC for the annual meetings of the International onetary Fund and the World Bank (Istanbul, 6-7 October), the international trade union movement urged the international financial institutions (IFIs) to put job creation at the centre of their countrystrategies and programmes,…

The teamwork between the Department of Tourism (DoT) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has done wonders for the tourism industry as latest statistics showed the number of foreigners who arrived in the country increased by four percent in August compared to the same month last year despite the global economic crisis.

TOURIST arrivals to the Philippines increased by 4 percent in August compared to the same month last year, Tourism Secretary Ace Durano said.

INTERNATIONAL passenger traffic flow in the Philippines dipped in the first six months of the year as airlines reduced capacity amid the Influenza A(H1N1) scare and the global economic downturn, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) said Wednesday.

CEBU, Philippines — Cebu ranked no. 4 among Asian island destinations, according to Travel + Leisure magazine, which recently rleased the results of its World’s Best Awards 2009, a listing of the best hotels, airlines, cruises in islands and cities all over the world.

MANILA, Philippines – The National Tax Research Center is supporting a Senate resolution proposing the implementation—although with a very limited scope—of a refund on value-added tax for foreign tourists and balikbayans in an effort to encourage greater tourist arrivals.

Filipinos in Singapore have helped their host country stay afloat despite the onslaught of the global financial crisis, Singapore Ambassador to the Philippines A. Selverajah said on Wednesday.

THE drive and passion displayed by Tourism Secretary Joseph “Ace” Durano and his go-getting team at the Department of Tourism is beginning to reap rich dividends for the Philippines. Tourist arrivals in the top 16 tourism destinations went up by 16.5 percent reaching close to 4 million in the first semester of 2009.

MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to loosen its policy on jet-setting Chinese tourists and allow them to enter the country without visas and remain for seven days.

MANILA, Philippines—The Influenza A(H1N1) SCARE and the global financial crisis have had little adverse effect on local tourism as close to four million visitors trooped to the country’s tourist destinations in the first half of the year, the Department of Tourism (DoT) said Thursday.

BANGKOK, Thailand – Tourism is expected to pick up in the Philippines next year as the global financial crisis eases and the threat of influenza A(H1N1) moderates, the Philippine Travel Agents Association (PTAA) said.

CEBU, Philippines – To further promote the tourism industry, the National Association of the Independent Travel Agencies- Philippines Inc. is now studying on the possibility of putting up tour packages for shorter routes within the country.

THE Philippines is slowly becoming a destination for cruise ship passengers from Europe and the United States, and their number is expected to double in the coming months.

MACTAN, Cebu, Philippines – President Arroyo has signed into law the National Tourism Policy Act of 2009, which aims to solidify the status of the tourism industry as an engine of growth and development.

MANILA, Philippines – “The country’s brisk tourism activity will secure the future of some three million Filipinos employed in this industry and even increase their number significantly to help tide the nation over the lingering global economic storm.”

TRAVEL agents slammed Philippine Airlines’ cheap fares yesterday, saying those threatened an industry already reeling from a slowdown in travel as a result of the economic crisis and the swine flu that has spread from Mexico to other countries.

Asia’s travel industry, struggling with weak demand because of the weak global economy, is bracing for the fallout from the swine flu. But industry analysts say Asia’s 2003 experience with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome may help the region recover quickly from a travel slump.

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) said the Philippines should further develop five strategic sectors that could help the country strengthen its trade relations with the European Union (EU).

In anticipation of an easing of the global financial crisis, the country’s tourism industry is hoping to be ready to play a major role as the economy of various countries starts to pick up from hibernation and tourists begin to spend for travel and vacation.

MANILA, Philippines — Not everything in the Philippines is adversely affected by the global financial crisis, which is strangling the economies of the United States and some countries in Europe and Asia.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s top tourist destinations posted higher tourist arrivals in the first quarter of the year despite the prevailing global financial crisis, the Department of Tourism (DOT) reported yesterday.

The global financial crisis has affected the tourism business in the Philippines, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board.

Taytay, Rizal: Mayor Joric Gacula over the weekend announced that the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) had approved a P1-billion project that would serve as an information-technolgy park and a tourism hub.

MANILA, Philippines – More than 200,000 jobs will be created from April to June as construction for resorts, hotels and restaurants in the PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.) City will be in full swing during the second quarter.

MANILA, Philippines – Some P50 billion worth of tourism investments, mostly hotels and resorts, would be opened in the country this year until 2010 despite the global economic crisis, according to President Arroyo.

ABOUT 3,000 jobs will be created with the P20-billion worth of investments in the tourism industry this year, the Department of Tourism (DoT) has said.