Costa Cruises, Italy’s largest cruise group, has made the Philippines one of its stops in its Asian packages. Tourism Secretary Ace Durano said cruise companies venturing to the Philippines open up more possibilities for tourism. The firm’s three ships, Costa Allegra, Costa Classica and Costa Romantica, have started regular visits to Manila.
Hotel chain operator Tune Hotels opened its first hotel in Manila and its third in the Philippines. Located in Central Manila, Tune Hotel Ermita offers 167 rooms comprising 117 double, 48 twin sharing and 2 wheelchair-friendly rooms.
Healthcare industry players are bonding together to promote the Philippines as a major medical tourism and retirement destination by 2015. This is forecast to grow, with US$3 billion in revenues, servicing over a million retirees over the next five years. At present, there are only 21,000 foreigners staying in the country, representing 5 percent of patients in major Metro Manila hospitals, according to a report by BusinessWorld.
Southeast Asian Airlines (Seair) is boosting its operations in the growing markets of Batanes, Boracay, and Romblon by adding three 32-seater Dornier 328s to its fleet beginning August 2010, according to a report by Philippine Star. Featuring the latest German technology, the Dornier 328 is the fastest and most advanced jet-prop in the region.
A survey by the National Statistics Office (NSO) found that about 23.1 million Filipinos who are 15 years old and above have travelled to another place within the country from April to September 2010. These domestic travellers represent 36.6 percent of the estimated 63.2 million Filipinos who are 15 years old and over, according to the 2010 Household Survey on Domestic Visitors.
Israel and the Philippines have sealed a new air services agreement to boost the movement of tourists between Manila and Tel Aviv. Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya and Israel Ambassador Menashe Bar signed the agreement.... Read More | Share it now!
International visitor arrivals to the Philippines increased by 10.4 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2006, led by the double-digit growth in arrivals from South Korea, China and Singapore.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and local government officials of Davao Oriental are preparing for the expected influx of local and foreign tourists to the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (MHRWS), which was... Read More | Share it now!
Dumaguete City has been named by Forbes Magazine as among the best places to retire in the world, according to a report by Gulf News. The city, located in Negros Oriental province, is number five on the list of the prestigious US-based... Read More | Share it now!
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