DOT, CAB collaborate to enhance Air Passenger’s Bill of Rights
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), in which the Department of Tourism sits as vice-chair, held its regular board meeting on January 20 to thresh out issues and discuss the implementation […]
DOT-DOTr meet to boost tourism infra, connectivity; Puyat to push approval of 1B for night-rated airports
Philippine tourism and transportation officials on Tuesday convened to strengthen the tourism infrastructure convergence program to ensure that the country’s tourism industry is off to another productive year with enhanced […]
Tourism contribution to GDP rises to 12.7%
The tourism industry’s contribution to the economy reached another milestone in 2018 as it increased to 12.7% of the Philippines’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 0.5% higher than in 2017, according […]
Philippines gets 7.38% tourism growth despite Boracay 6-month closure
In her year-end assessment, on a 10-month period from January to October this year, Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat revealed yesterday that the country received 5.8M foreign arrivals, a growth of […]