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MANILA CULTURAL HUB-THE NEXT STOP FOR THE PHILIPPINES HOP-ON-HOP-OFF TRAVEL BY THE BUS

TIME TO TOUR HISTORICAL LANDMARKS IN MANILA!!! HOP-ON with us to the “Cultural Hub” of Manila as the Department of Tourism (DOT) launches its next stop for the Philippines Hop-On-Hop-Off (HOHO) Travel by the Hubs.  The HOHO takes inspiration from world-class hop-on-hop-off tourism bus circuits abroad, and is a response to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, …

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DRIVE PINAS, A PROGRAM OF DOT AND NISSAN PHILIPPINES, INC.

The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Monday (Jul. 10) forged its partnership anew with Nissan Philippines, Inc. by way of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to implement a program called Drive Pinas. The Drive Pinas initiative is the product of a long-standing relationship between Nissan and DOT under a unified vision to promote local tourism …

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JIP, THE OFFICIAL MASCOT OF THE FIBA BASKETBALL WORLD CUP 2023

 Members of the diplomatic and consular corps, along with sports stakeholders, strike a pose with JIP, the official mascot of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 during the luncheon today. JIP, representing three co-hosting nations Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, embodies the vision of uniting people through basketball and celebrating the spirit of togetherness.  Read …

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BI set to launch more tech innovations to ease travel

MANILA – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Monday vowed to launch more technological advances to ease travel. “Our main focus now is really modernization,” BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said in a statement. Although he did not yet specify the new technologies to be launched in the coming months, Tansingco said these would help improve the …

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‘Tourism slogan row has no impact on travelers’

It’s business as usual for tourism stakeholders in the country, a group of tour operators said on Sunday, stressing that the controversy over the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) new branding campaign did not affect travelers’ interest to come to the Philippines. Fe Abling-Yu, president of the Philippine Tour Operators’ Association (Philtoa), said in a radio …

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‘Love the Philippines’ slogan row no match for revenge travelers: PHILTOA

MANILA — Revenge travelers continued to flock to the Philippines despite a recent fiasco on the country’s new tourism slogan, the president of a group of tour operators said Sunday. Philippine Tour Operators’ Association (PHILTOA) President Fe Abling-Yu told TeleRadyo Serbisyo that the controversy surrounding the country’s new “Love The Philippines” tourism campaign had little …

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Philippines’ new tourism campaign: Love it or hate it?

Excitement over the Philippines’ new tourism banner, ‘Love the Philippines’, collapsed when a promotional video for the launch of its campaign allegedly used material shot in destinations outside of the country. Philippine blogger Sass Rogando Sasot had posted on Facebook that several images in the campaign video were from other countries such as Brazil, Indonesia, …

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