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Domestic tourism palalakasin sa mga susunod na buwan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 07:07 PM

Balak ng Department of Tourism na palakasin ang domestic travel sa mga susunod na buwan matapos bumaba ang bilang ng mga turista noong Pebrero kompara sa parehong buwan noong isang taon dahil sa COVID-19. Read more »

LOOK: Hot air balloon festival takes off in Carmona for the first time

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Updated as of Mar 07 10:27 AM

Over the course of three days, which started Friday, the Flying Carnival 2020 will feature hot air balloons operated by skilled pilots from around the world. Read more »

Turismo sumadsad noong Pebrero

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 06:10 PM

Sa datos mula sa Bureau of Immigration (BI) na ibinigay sa media ng Department of Tourism (DOT), 41.4 porsiyento ang ibinaba ng tourist arrivals kumpara sa parehong buwan noong 2019. Read more »

Nationwide 'shopping festival' ng DOT kanselado dahil sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 29 07:28 PM

Ipinagpaliban muna ng Department of Tourism ang pakulo nilang month-long nationwide sale sa mga mall na "2020 Philippine Shopping Festival" kasunod ng patuloy na paglobo ng mga kaso ng Coronavirus Disease 2019. Read more »

Tourism department postpones mall sales nationwide due to coronavirus concerns

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 29 01:10 PM

MANILA – The tourism department has put on indefinite hold the nationwide mall sale which was supposed to kick off in March, citing safety of citizens over visitor arrivals and revenue following the alarming rise of infections due to the contagious coronavirus disease. Read more »

PH shopping festival aims to ‘lessen economic impact of COVID-19’

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Posted at Feb 28 12:32 PM

The first-ever Philippine Shopping Festival scheduled this March is the Department of Tourism’s way of reducing the effects of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, on the country’s visitor arrivals. ​ Read more »

From TikTok videos to film incentives: Tourism projects for 2020 launched

Karen Flores Layno, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 08:23 PM

Undaunted by the effects of the COVID-19 scare, the Department of Tourism (DOT) on Thursday revealed its lineup of projects for the year, targeting mainly domestic visitors and those from Western Europe. Read more »

Amid boycott calls, City of Manila to hold first Summer Pride celebration in April

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Posted at Feb 19 09:10 PM

The local government of Manila will be holding its first Pride parade in April to show its support to the LGBTQIA+ community.   Read more »

PH says it’s safe to attend public gatherings amid COVID-19 scare

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 06:09 PM

Philippine government agencies on Tuesday announced it is safe to attend concerts and other big gatherings despite the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China. Read more »

Philippines meets target 8 million foreign tourists in 2019

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Updated as of Feb 17 11:50 AM

The total 8.26 million tourist arrivals was above the 8.2 million target and was 15.2 percent higher from the previous year, the Department of Tourism said. Read more »

'Lugi sa turismo dahil sa bagong coronavirus posibleng umabot sa halos P43-B'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 03:56 PM

Posibleng umabot sa halos P43 bilyon ang lugi sa industriya ng turismo sa bansa dahil sa bagong uri ng coronavirus, ayon kay Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat.   Read more »

'Safe place for travel': Duterte to promote top PH destinations

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 11:23 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte will travel to the country’s top tourist destinations beginning next week to promote local tourism and to show that the Philippines is a safe place for travel. Read more »

PH tourism sector loses P10 billion over travel restrictions due to coronavirus spread: tour operators

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 05:31 PM

The Philippine tourism industry has lost at least P10 billion pesos as the government continues to impose a travel ban to and from China, the country's second largest tourism market and the epicenter of the deadly 2019 novel coronavirus, an official from a tour operators' group said Friday. Read more »

DOT: Amid Taal unrest, tourists' safety still 'top priority'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 11:28 PM

MAKATI CITY - Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat on Friday said safety and security of tourists remain their top priority as “danger of an explosive eruption of Taal Volcano” is still expected. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 16, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 12:58 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Sense of normalcy

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 12:27 AM

Children ride a scooter at Good Shepherd Bahay Pastulan, which stopped production of its ube jam because of the current status of Taal. Read more »

TINGNAN: Intramuros binigyan ng bagong bihis, magarbong pailaw

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 08:30 PM

Binigyan ng bagong bihis ang Intramuros sa Maynila. Read more »

Romulo-Puyat: Foreign tourists in 2019 were mostly from South Korea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 02 10:53 PM

South Korea produced the most overseas visitors to the Philippines in 2019, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said in a statement. Read more »

Mga pasahero dagsa na ulit sa NAIA matapos ang Bagong Taon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 07:15 PM

Balik-airport na ang maraming turista at kababayang nagdiwang ng Pasko at Bagong Taon sa Pilipinas. Read more »

8.2 million target foreign tourist arrivals still attainable - immigration bureau

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 10:48 AM

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is still positive that the Philippines will reach its 8.2 million target for foreign tourist arrivals that was set by the Department of Tourism (DOT) this year. Read more »