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September 16, 2013
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY — A Malaysian airline is planning to fly to Puerto Princesa City soon. This means that the Palawan-Malaysia link is not confined to ferry service alone as MASwings, a division of Malaysian Airlines, has applied for a permit to operate at the Puerto Princesa International Airport. MASwings is planning to introduce service to the Philippines with its new fleet of ATR 72-600 aircraft, according to City Tourism Officer Rebecca V. Labit. Continue reading →

September 1, 2013
The Department of Tourism (DOT) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) unveiled joint plans to redevelop Roxas Boulevard into a park complex by 2015 in a presentation to stakeholders held on 16 August 2013 at the Diamond Hotel. Continue reading →

August 16, 2013
LEGAZPI CITY — Two towns in Bicol which are favorites of tourists have been included in a new anti-poverty project under the National Tourism Development Plan.
Named as first priority target for the “One-Step Project” are the historic town of Daraga, Albay, and the scenic coastal town of Donsol, Sorsogon, the region’s ecotourism wonders that both play important roles in the Catanduanes-Albay-Masbate-Sorsogon Tourism Alliance (CAlMaSorTA), the tourism road map for Bicol. Continue reading →

August 1, 2013
El Nido Resorts has landed the cover of one of the most influential travel magazines in the world, Travel + Leisure, in its World’s Best Awards August issue. El Nido Resorts sandbar shot by Francisco Guerrero, a Filipino photographer whose works have landed the covers of previous issues of both Travel + Leisure and Conde Nast Traveller, is highly prominent on the issue’s cover.  Continue reading →

July 1, 2013
BACOOR CITY, Cavite (PilipinasNews) – Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. has revived his proposal for the conversion of former United States naval station Sangley Point in Cavite City to an international airport and seaport which he claimed to be long overdue.
Revilla, chairman of the Senate committees on public services and public works, made the call after learning that a consortium is now aggressively pushing for the project. Continue reading →

June 16, 2013
MADRID, Spain – Philippine Ambassador to Spain Carlos C. Salinas inaugurated the dive exhibit entitled, “Buceo: Es Más Divertido en Filipinas” (Dive: It’s More Fun in the Philippines), in Metro Islas Filipinas in Madrid early June. Continue reading →

June 1, 2013
Philippine tourism sustains its robust performance as foreign visitor arrivals for the first four months of 2013 reached 1,649,458 million or a 10.12% increase from the same period in 2012. The first four months represent 30 percent of the target arrivals for 2013, with the month of January yielding the largest volume of 436,079 visitors and February generating the highest growth of 15.52%. Continue reading →

May 16, 2013
LEGAZPI CITY – Tourists now flock in droves to Albay in a rush to catch up with the lingering activity of Mayon Volcano, the sudden outburst of which last May 7, despite its Zero level alert status, killed five climbers, four of them foreigners. Continue reading →

May 1, 2013
TUGUEGARAO CITY – “Dumanonkayo, apo, ditoy taeng ti kataengan a Pilipino.” The greeting – typically Ilocano, a major language in the northeastern part of Luzon, including the province of Cagayan – welcomes visitors to one of the province’s best tourist attractions, the seven-chambered Callao Cave, 21 kms northeast of this capital city. Continue reading →

April 16, 2013
TUBIGON, Bohol – The campaign for the no-nonsense conservation of the Danajon Double Barrier Reef (DDBR) got the much-needed boost with the underwater shoots of different sites in the area by the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) in coordination with the Project Seahorse Foundation (PSF). Continue reading →