Boracay: Safety protocols, precautions in place after croc sighting

Philippine News Agency 07/30/2024

ILOILO CITY — The Department of Tourism Western Visayas (DOT 6) has assured that Boracay remains a safe destination for tourists after the sighting of a crocodile last week. “DOT Western Visayas reassures our visitors that all standard…

Mactan airport records higher passenger traffic for Q1 2024

Morexette Marie Erram 05/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The country’s second busiest airport welcomed close to 3 million passengers for the first quarter this year. Passenger traffic at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) reached 2,692,815 from January to March 2024,…

Hotels face straining room supply as PH tourist arrivals surge

Meg Adonis 05/02/2024

The hotel industry might struggle to keep up with demand this year because more foreign tourists are coming in than there are new hotels being built. Leechiu Property Consultants Inc. mentioned in their recent report that tourist…

DOT wants more tourists to discover Mindanao

Bobby E. Lagsa 04/29/2024

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — The Department of Tourism (DOT) is doing everything it can to attract tourists, both from within the country and abroad, to visit Mindanao. The peace and security situation in the region…

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…

13 Japanese tourists, two others hurt in Naga road accident

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 03/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Thirteen Japanese tourists on their way to watch whale sharks instead landed in the hospital when the van they were riding figured in an accident with a prime mover truck along the national…

Bohol welcomed more than a million tourists in 2023

CDN Digital 02/18/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The province of Bohol welcomed over a one million tourists in 2023, which was more than its target of 900, 000 for the year. In a report that was posted on its official…

Korean tourists rescued by Moalboal Coast Guard from half-submerged ‘banca’

11/17/2023

CEBU, Philippines—ELEVEN Korean nationals who were about to go diving were rescued by personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Sub Station Moalboal in Cebu after the boat they were on began listing just off the waters…

Bohol showcases Chocolate Hills, local products in 34th Philippine Travel Mart

Doris C. Bongcac 09/02/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The province of Bohol showcased its local products and tourism destinations, including its Chocolate Hills, during the 34th Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) that opened on Friday, September 1, 2023, at the SMX Convention…

Thousands moved to safety as wildfires rage on Greek island of Rhodes

Agence France Presse 07/23/2023

Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes evacuated thousands of locals and tourists from villages in the southeast of the Aegean island, where wildfires were raging out of control for a fifth day. High winds and a…

Ellen Adarna shares a detail about Temple of Leah: ‘It was built to be a storage for my grandmother’s things’

07/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Ellen Adarna- Ramsay has another interesting answer to a question from a follower on Instagram. This time, it had something to do with her family’s well-known “Temple of Leah” located in the mountains of…

Boracay logs over 1 million arrivals in first half of 2023

Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/26/2023

ILOILO CITY, Philippines — The number of tourists who visited Boracay Island has reached over a million since the start of 2023, buoying hope that visitors will exceed the 1.8 million target of Malay town in Aklan…

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