DOT: 1 in every 4 foreign travelers in PH are South Koreans

Dona Pazzibungan 04/26/2024

South Korean tourists remain the Philippines’ most common visitors, accounting for one out of every four foreign travelers between January and March this year. The Department of Tourism (DOT) reports that 27 percent, or 546,726 out of…

Aumentado: 10,000 South Koreans to visit Bohol in next 3 months

Doris C. Bongcac 11/22/2022

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — At least 10,000 South Korean tourists are expected to visit the Province of Bohol in the next three months giving the local tourism industry hope for the continued recovery of the sector that…

Those unwelcome visitors from South Korea

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/01/2020

  Despite the declaration of Department of Health 7 Director Jaime Bernadas that Central Visayas is COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) free, people are still worried about the spread of the coronavirus.  The mode of transmission is human…

Travelers warned: False info can land you in jail

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government has warned dishonest travelers arriving in Cebu that they may be imprisoned for one year or pay a fine of P5,000 if they will be caught putting false information…

26 Korean PUMs from Daegu now accounted for

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The whereabouts of the seven South Koreans from Daegu City, who landed in Cebu last February 25, have been located. At a press conference Friday, February 28, Hotel Resort and Restaurant Association in…

Whereabouts of seven South Koreans from Daegu now unknown

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/28/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The whereabouts of seven South Koreans who arrived from Daegu City last February 25, 2020 in Cebu are now unknown.  Dr. Jaime Bernadas, director of Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), revealed this…

DOT: Cebu was 2nd top foreign tourists’ destination in 2019

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Tourism (DOT) named Cebu as the second most preferred destination in the country by foreign visitors. State-ran media, Philippine News Agency (PNA), quoted Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo – Puyat saying…

Vigilance against trafficking

Editorial 03/07/2017

Coincidence or not, the arrest of nine South Koreans who participated in a sex tour in Cebu came in the days leading up to the annual observance of International Women’s Day. The arrest of these nine South…

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