July 28, 2014

Fil-Am visitors lift lean travel season*

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      TOURIST NUMBERS have picked up with the arrival of some 300 Filipino-Americans and their mainstream American friends,...

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SORRY guys! I've been remiss again in my blogging duties. Too much work! (on Twitter, Facebook, Viber...yeah, yeah.) Will rev this up so...
March 30, 2014

New air pact, stronger DOT marketing to increase Singapore visitors to PHL

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SINGAPORE continues to be the top source of tourists for the Philippines in the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)...
March 29, 2014

Travel Bites: The 'Galapagos of Asia'

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THE first time I heard about Sibuyan Island was from my father. During World War II, as the Japanese military forces spread to the...

Travel Bites: The Queen of the North

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NAMED after Queen Isabela II of Spain, the province of Isabela is known as the largest corn producer in the country. Most of the c...

Travel Bites: Metro Naga eyes 20% hike in tourists by 2016 on higher infrastructure spend

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METRO Naga is projecting a 20-percent growth in tourist arrivals over the next three years, as it positions itself as a premier de...

Travel Bites: The smiling land of beauty

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THE province of Cagayan is known as a spelunker’s and game fisher’s paradise. It has a number of caves that attract the advent...
March 27, 2014

Travel Bites: An island born of fire

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SAY “Camiguin,” and at once, it conjures up images of the round, luscious, fleshy fruit called lanzones. The volcanic soil on ...
March 25, 2014

DOT targets over 1 million tourists in 1st quarter, 2014

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THE Department of Tourism (DOT) has projected “over 1 million” foreign visitors by the end of the first quarter this year, as it i...

Tourism industry seen to gain much from PHL participation in Berlin fair

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THE Philippines successfully participated in this year’s ITB Berlin (Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin), considered the world’...

Travel Bites: Oriental Mindoro - Beyond Puerto Galera

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ORIENTAL Mindoro has got to be one of the most blessed provinces in the Philippines. It is rich in natural beauty with beaches so ...