Tag: tourist arrivals
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Sorsogon Sees a Surge in Tourism with 138% Increase in 2024
LEGAZPI CITY – The Sorsogon Provincial Tourism, Culture and Arts Office announced a remarkable increase in tourist numbers for 2024, with arrivals soaring to 2.86 million, a 137.91% rise from the previous year’s 1.2 million. Bobby Gigantone, the province’s tourism officer, highlighted that the majority of these visitors, totaling 2.73 million, were domestic, while 135,712…
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Philippine Tourism Gets a Boost: P400 Million Restored to DOT’s Budget
In a significant move to enhance the country’s tourism sector, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has allocated PHP400 million from his contingency funds to replenish the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) branding budget. This decision was announced by Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco during an interview at the Newport World Resorts in Pasay City on January 15,…
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