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More Korean airlines planning chartered flights to PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 04 12:27 PM

More South Korean airline carriers are planning chartered flights to the Philippines, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Monday. Read more »

Int'l arrivals to PH rise since border reopening: BI

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 01:37 PM

International arrivals to the Philippines have increased since the country opened its borders to tourists this month, the Bureau of Immigration said. Read more »

More travel operators plan flights to Bohol, Boracay: DOT

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 12:47 PM

More travel operators are planning charter flights to the Philippines, particularly Bohol and Boracay, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. Read more »

More than 21,000 foreign travelers visit PH

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 08:12 AM

More than 21,000 fully vaccinated foreign travelers have arrived in the Philippines since the country opened its doors to them earlier this month. Read more »

PH reopens to foreign tourists vaccinated against COVID

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 10 01:57 PM

The Philippines on Thursday started granting entry to foreign tourists vaccinated against COVID-19. Read more »

Bohol to require negative RT-PCR tests for tourists

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 01:58 PM

MANILA - The provincial government of Bohol will require incoming tourists to present negative coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test results, its governor said Saturday, amid the recent spike in cases. Read more »

How PH advertising 'rock star' Ramon Jimenez’s brainchild transformed Philippine tourism

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 11:00 PM

True to the late Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez's forecast, Filipinos sent #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines hashtag trending worldwide and Philippine tourism rising.  Read more »

Budget Boracay seeks to ride out COVID-19 'calamity'

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 03:57 PM

Boracay is turning to price cuts to survive as the coronavirus outbreak slashed tourist arrivals, setting back its recovery from a 6-month long shutdown 2 years ago.   Read more »

Boracay hopes Duterte visit can boost tourism amid coronavirus scare

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 10:19 PM

Duterte is scheduled to inspect the island and distribute certificates of land ownership awards in Barangay Manoc-Manoc on Thursday afternoon. He is also set to meet with tourism stakeholders in the island. 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 »

'They told people not to come': Australia's bushfires ravage tourism industry

Paulina Duran, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 01:09 PM

Pillars of fire and smoke from bushfires are tarnishing Australia's reputation for pristine vistas abounding in wildlife and wreaking havoc on tourism, operators said, as authorities are forced to cancel concerts, close parks and evacuate towns. Read more »