Regional News and Media
CAP OF 6,500 DAILY TOURISTS “A SMALL NUMBER”: tourism secretary open to review Boracay’s carrying capacity. Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco will look into the allowable carrying capacity of …
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FOCUS ON ‘SLOW FOOD TRAVEL’: Western Visayas tourism struggles for appropriate response to a lingering pandemic as Dep’t of Tourism (DOT) Regional director Helen Catalbas retires. Cristine Mansinares, newly designated …
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Western Visayas regional tourism director Helen Catalbas thus summarized the atmosphere in Region 6 under lockdown between March 17 and May 28, 2020. Catalbas told an online tourism forum on …
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TOURISM WEEK: GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS The United Nations (UN) World Tourism Organization spearheads World Tourism Week on September 20 each year. In the Western Visayas region there is good …
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Despite pioneering the game of golf in Asia, the Philippines now lags behind its neighbor countries on golf tourism. Herminio “Menieng” Maravilla II, president of Asia’s oldest the Iloilo Golf …
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