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Albay readies for Magayon Festival
April 1, 2013
LEGAZPI CITY – The flourishing tourism industry of Albay province calls for new resort hotels to accommodate rapid increases in arrivals and good chefs for local restaurants that need to increase their servings, according to Governor Joey Salceda. Continue reading
Hundred Islands hugs world tourism limelight anew
March 16, 2013
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – The city of Alaminos once again hogged the international limelight when the Hundred Islands was featured in an article that appeared in the Yahoo web portal. Continue reading
Panagbenga festival flower parade attracts record 2 million tourists
March 1, 2013
BAGUIO CITY – This city’s grand flower festival parade of the Panagbenga 2013 last Sunday, February 24, was a big success with a huge crowd of two million foreign and local tourists, the biggest in the 18-year history of the festival. Continue reading
Influx of tourists during Sinulog festival good sign for Cebu
February 16, 2013
CEBU CITY — A feng shui expert said the arrival in droves of tourists in Cebu to witness the Sinulog Festival in the third week of January was just the start of good things for the province in the year of the Water Snake. Continue reading
US Navy warship crew under fire over Tubbataha incursion
February 1, 2013
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – Citing that the grounding of the USS Guardian is “an unfortunate incident,” the Tubbataha Reef Natural Park (TRNP) Protected Areas Management Board (PAMB) has notified the US Navy for the warship’s violantions when it made an incursion on the protected area. In the official statement, the PAMB said the grounding incident “is an unfortunate incident. No one wanted this to happen. But the damage has been done.” Continue reading
Longest zipline opens in North Cotabato
January 16, 2013
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Baguio City hotels hit 93 percent occupancy
January 1, 2013
BAGUIO CITY — The more than 60 hotels and inns in this mountain resort 250 kilometers north of Manila registered more than 93 percent occupancy rate in the past three days as an estimated close to one million visitors spent their Christmas holiday here. Continue reading
Boracay continues to reign, faces brighter prospects in 2013
December 16, 2012
BORACAY Island — Regardless of the environmental issues it faced, Boracay remained to dominate Philippine tourism in the year 2013.
Already popular because of its pristine white sand and blue water, its flourishing tourism industry has been boosted when an international publication,Travel and Leisure Magazine, named Boracay island as the “Best Tropical Resort in the World.” Continue reading
PH extends FUN welcome to Legend of the Seas
November 16, 2012
The Royal Caribbean International’s Legend of the Seas made its inaugural call on the ports of Manila and Boracay last 26 – 27 October as part of the vessel’s 8-night Southeast Asia itinerary from Hong Kong to Singapore, with stopovers at Xiamen, China; Manila and Boracay, Philippines; and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Continue reading
Palawan voted top tourist destination in the world
November 1, 2012
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY — The Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) in Palawan has just been officially listed as a wetland of international importance by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Continue reading