‘Tourism’ Articles
Written by magnolia on 01 March 2010
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday said the construction of the P7.54 billion Panglao Bohol International Airport will begin next month, barring any protest on the winning bid.
The major airport project is aligned with the national and Central Visayas regional development framework, which identified Bohol as well within the Central Philippines
super region dedicated to tourism.
To date, the country has eight international airports. The existing airport in Bohol’s
capital city of Tagbilaran is categorized as a domestic airport.
The President said Bohol’s tourism potential will also be bolstered by the decision of foreign cruise ships to begin stopovers in the province starting this May.
These twin announcements on tourism prospects were widely applauded by the students and faculty of Holy Name University (HNU), even as the President shared with her audience her super regions accomplishments, to include those in Central Philippines.
The President praised the Boholanons for their warmth and hospitality that, together with the province’s natural wonders, have been drawing both local and foreign tourists.
The President said her administration has poured in P1 billion in infrastructure investments into Bohol alone over the last nine years, including the construction of the
Bohol Circumferential Road and the Tubigon and Ubay Ports. (PIA-Bohol)
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Written by magnolia on 09 January 2010
Baguio City (January 9)– The Department of Tourism declares that there is a boost in local tourism despite the weakening of international tourism industries. DOT Secretary Oscar Palayabyab said that in a random sampling conducted by their agency two years ago, 11 to 16 million local tourists were recorded nationwide.
Palayabyab however admitted to the need of scaling down the five million foreign tourist arrival to a more realistic target until the global economy stabilizes.
Topping the list of tourist destinations are Camarines Sur, Cebu and Baguio. Despite the calamities that passed, the number of tourists grew during the long holidays.
Palayabyab encourages the development of local tourist spots to increase the Philippines’ capacity for more tourist arrivals.
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Written by anyajulia on 24 April 2009
Earning at least P1.3M in the last three months, Danao Extreme, Eco, Educational Adventure Tour (EAT) Danao has surpassed the town’s annual market revenue of last year.
This news was reveled during the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) meeting when Danao Vice Mayor Jose Cepedoza welcomed the mayors to the Berinja Hall of the newly put up Danao Eco-Park in barangay Magtangtang.
The biggest income earners, the famed Suislide (from coined suicide and slide) and the extreme rappell charges P850 per head has been steadilly going up since both have been set up since December of last year, tourism designate Anna Loinda Saluan revealed.
Promoting the Dagohoy Historical Spot as a major strategy to create conditions of productive and creative enterprise as well as open employment opportunities has transformed a historical spot into a full extreme adventure destination with its own package of tests for the daring tourist. (PIA)
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Written by anyajulia on 20 April 2009
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said that the Tourism Bill 2009 has finally reached the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s office and she is expected to sign it soon.
Remonde thanks the various stakeholders in the tourism sector particularly taxi-drivers, hotel chambermaids, tourist guides and others for their role in making the Philippines among the preferred tourist destinations in Asia. (OPS)
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Written by anyajulia on 26 March 2009
TURISMO ug pagpamuhunan niini ang nakita ni Presidente Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo nga labing maayong industriya samtang nabati na ang recession.
Kini samtang iyang gibatbat ang importansya sa pagpadayag sa destinasyon alang sa mga turista ug ang pagpahimutang sa mga imprastraktura aron mas daghan pang makatrabaho.
Natud niya, daghang trabaho mapasudan sa torismo samtang iyang gipakayab ang panginahanglan sa mga maayong kadalang ug tugpahanan isip mga kritikal nga puhunan sa turismo.
Gipanghambug na sa Presidente ang mga maayong beach resorts sa nasud aron mapakusog ang turismo, santang namatikdang kini usab nakatabang sa dugang pagpangaghat sa mga mamumuhunan dinhi.
Gitukbil usab sa pamuno nasud ang pagdaghan sa mga hotel ug mga puy-anan nga nagpasugod ug tranaho matag buwan.
Matud ni Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano, labing menos sa mga naapektohan sa global economic recession ang turismo sa nasud, (rachiu/PIA)
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Written by anyajulia on 16 March 2009
With the proposed new tourism bill, local tourism players are expected to benefit much if PGMA will sign it.
In a Tourism Industry-Related Congress held in Davao City, Senator Richard Gordon together with tourism stakeholders tackled the new bill. Which according to him, features the establishment of tourism enterprise zones across the country thus expecting to boost the domestic tourism.
Gordon stressed that it is now the role of the LGUs to be more creative in having better tourism investments and to develop their tourism enterprise zone. (PIA)
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Written by anyajulia on 25 February 2009
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Joseph H. Durano has just announced the offering of stimulus tourism packages in the United States to encourage more Americans to visit the Philippines.
The tour package which costs only $999 includes roundtrip international airfare from San Francisco, Los Angeles or Las Vegas via Philippine Airlines, two (2) night hotel accommodation in any of the selected deluxe hotels, daily American breakfast and one-way transfer from the airport to hotel or vice versa. The tour operator consortium is composed of Air Travel Center, GTT International, LBC Travel, Pacific Air Leisure, and Travelfast International. The official ground-handler for this extraordinary tour package is San Francisco-based Rajah Tours International; while the participating hotels are Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Crowne Plaza Galleria, Diamond Hotel, Holiday Inn Galleria and Dusit Thani Hotel. This package is available only up to May 23, 2009.
In addition to the basic package in Metro Manila, extension adventure tours to Palawan, Cebu, Bohol, Boracay and Cagayan de Oro are also offered at affordable costs. (perryscope.org)
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Written by anyajulia on 03 February 2009
YOU think the country’s longest and highest zipline is a push-over? Wait until Danao could put up the dreaded canyon swing!
According to a website by Shootover Canyon Swing in Queensland New Zealand, a canyon swing includes jumping off a platform while fitted to a chair or body harness and attached to jump ropes. The configuration is such that your hands and feet are free from entanglements while you do jump combinations. Gravity does the rest.
Danao Mayor Thomas Louis Gonzaga and Vice Mayor Jose Cepedoza have been closely keeping an eye on the local surveying team so they could judiciously decide which platform can deliver the most exhilarating swing of all, says tourism officer Loinda Corotico Saluan.
Danao, a town 72 kilometers away from Tagbilaran, is struggling to beat its own economic problems by pushing for extreme eco-and educational adventure tourism.
Saluan said the canyon swing would be their next aim as she pointed to a long queue of local and foreign tourists nervously fixing their head gears. The headgear is a standard measure before one is allowed to do the strapping of body harnesses in the town’s newly opened “suislide”.
The suislide, Danao’s best extreme adventure experience as of yet is a 550 meters zipline where tourists slide for their life while suspended up in a canyon of about 250 to 300 meters over the gurgling Wahig River and its rocky beds.
But upping the fear scare factor, Danao wants the scariest: canyon swing complete with free-falls, of course following the standards of safety in extreme sports, Saluan said. (rachiu/PIA)
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Written by anyajulia on 26 January 2009
BOHOL would be the training ground for the country’s tourism ambassadors as the government launches an apprenticeship program for students taking tourism related courses.
Through Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Durano’s help, the government has recently launched the DOT’s Apprentice Program. This program allows the exposure of students in tourism-related courses to be immersed or exposed in the country’s top destinations.
Students eligible for the program are from the following schools:
Arellano University,
University of Sto. Tomas,
Centro Escolar University,
Colegio de San Juan de Letran,
College of the Holy Spirit,
De Ocampo Memorial School,
Emilio Aguinaldo College,
St. Scholastica’s College,
Sta. Catalina College,
University of Manila,
San Beda College,
University of the East,
Far Eastern University,
Feati University,
Lyceum of the Philippines,
Philippine Women’s University,
San Sebastian College Recoletos,
St. Jude College, and
St. Paul University, Manila.
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Written by anyajulia on 14 January 2009
A 100 Chinese students together with their 20 teachers of Sichuan, China will visit he country and tour Bohol in the following days.
The delegation from China confirmed the invitation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after she saw the destruction in the province caused by the earthquake last May 2008. The visit is included in the psychological regress of the children after the experience after the earthquake.
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Written by anyajulia on 08 January 2009
The tons of white sand washed away in the Alona Beach area can possibly return if the efforts won’t be in vain to avoid further damage in the aforementioned area.
This was the statement said by Gov. Erico Aumentado in a meeting with the Alona owners and stakeholders in their porject to bring back the white sand of Alona beach. The governor added that Manila Base Construction will be the one in-charge of vacuuming out sand in a deep level of the seabed and will be placed along the Alona shoreline.
This “airless method” was the conclusion of a study done by Dr. Wilfred Welldimir of the Tropical Marine Ecology, Fishery, Biology, Agriculture and Physical Oscillography. This study was conducted for Alona Beach Foundation years ago but was presented to the government just recently.
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