International visitor arrivals to the country grew by 11.5 percent year-on-year in February 2006, despite the botched coup attempt against the Arroyo administration that forced several foreign embassies to issue negative advisories on Philippine travel.
Albay province has won the international bidding to host the 2015 Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) in November 2015. PATA officers announced this development in a related travel... Read More | Share it now!
Philippine Airlines (PAL) plans to charge passengers a fee for reserving a seat of their choice. The airline said passengers booked in economy class can now reserve a seat located next to the aircraft’s bulkhead or along the emergency exit row, which offers wider legroom and extra space, for a fee.
Six million international visitor arrivals by 2016 is now the goal of the Department of Tourism (DOT) under the leadership of Secretary Albert Lim. “That is our fighting target,” Secretary Lim said in the recently held Philippine economic briefing.
International visitor arrivals in the Philippines rose 12 percent year-on-year in the first 10 months of 2011, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT). Data show that arrivals during the 10-month period reached 3.186 million, up from 2.846 million arrivals recorded a year ago. The month of July produced the biggest arrivals with 360,784 while the month of February posted the highest growth at 18.52 percent.
More flights are expected to be launched soon between the Philippines and Canada, after the two countries adopted a new air services agreement. Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Executive Director Carmello Arcilla said the new air agreement... Read More | Share it now!
The Philippines is one of the top 10 countries most favoured by expats. The Philippines ranked 8th of 61 countries evaluated based on the 2014 survey report of Expat Insider, run by InterNations, which is the first international online... Read More | Share it now!
The House of Representatives has identified eight sites across the country as new tourist zones. The chamber, during a plenary session held on 26th August 2014, voted to approve on third and final reading several measures declaring the following as... Read More | Share it now!
Cebu Pacific, the largest budget airline, has expressed deep regrets for “operational lapses” that led to massive flight delays and cancellations during the Christmas holidays. “Today six out of ten Filipinos choose to fly with Cebu... Read More | Share it now!
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