As the island of Boracay, one of the Philippines leading beach destinations is shutdown for 6-months, lo and behold there are still more than 180 beautiful beaches across this 7100 island archipelago offering pristine shores and clear waters that tourists may find just as enticing.
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Record tourist arrivals marks Central Visayas as top travel hub
Central Visayas welcomed the most number of tourists to the Philippines from January to December 2017, according to a tally by the Department of Tourism (DOT). Out of the record 6.9 million tourists who visited the Philippines, some 4 million domestic travellers trooped to the four provinces in the region, namely Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental […]
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7 Churches in Intramuros open to Visita Iglesia for first time since WWII
Catholic faithful looking for a new way to experience the annual Lenten season’s Visita Iglesia can now go to Intramuros, the famed old walled city of Manila. Seven churches of Intramuros are being opened by the Intramuros Administration in response to the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) call for the religious sector to adopt its newly […]
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Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Arrives in PH
Newly-crowned Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has arrived in Manila. The new Miss Universe is accompanied by last year’s winner, Iris Mittenaere, and other Miss Universe 2017 participants from Spain, Italy, Russia, Malaysia, India, Canada, China, and Singapore. Brought in by the Department of Tourism, Nel-Peters, Mittenaere, and the pageant participants will be visiting Batanes, Vigan, […]
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Japan Cruise Lines to boost cruise tourism in PHL
Japan Cruise Lines (JCL) has committed to send MS Pacific Venus on a regular port call to the Philippines by 2018.
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Filipino hospitality highlighted in new tourism global ad
Filipino hospitality is the new focus of the Philippine tourism campaign launched during the global telecast of Miss Universe.
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Miss Universe to highlight PH tourist spots
Miss Universe 2017 will highlight Philippine tourist spots when the international beauty pageant is held in the country in January 2017.
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Pia Wurtzbach to crown new Miss Universe in Manila
Pia Wurtzbach, the reigning Miss Universe, will be passing on her crown to her successor in her homeland when the beauty pageant is held in Manila
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PHL tourism featured in popular Russian T-shirt line
Philippine tourism destinations are featured in six designs of the new T-shirt line by Russia’s largest apparel retailer, SELA.
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London train station dressed up to experience fun in PHL
Londoners got a taste of the sun, sands and surf that only the Philippines can offer without even having to leave British soil.
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Pinoy Travel app makes provincial commute easier in PH
Booking international and domestic flights have been made easy by the internet. But locally, travelling to nearby provinces by land usually means
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Foreign tourist arrivals expand in 1st 5 months of 2015
Foreign tourist arrivals in the Philippines grew by 8.15 percent to 2.23 million visitors in the first five months of the year from the 2.06 million
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