Bahamas cruise ship to visit Boracay
SEABOURN ENCORE, the Bahamas flagged cruise ship is expected to be at the Boracay shore on Monday, February 13. The Mega Yacht Class vessel would be the first luxury cruise …
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Focus on ‘Slow Food Travel’
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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Boracay tourism resumes
“We are actually preparing for a ‘soft opening’ of Boracay,” said Gov. Florencio Miraflores of Aklan. Miraflores briefed the press on June 10 in Iloilo City at a forum hosted …
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“HEALTH OVER WEALTH”
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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“ADLAW SANG TIGBAUAN:” October 18 a holiday in Tigbauan, Iloilo
Mayor Suzette T. Alquisada will issue a ‘State Of Municipality Address (SOMA)’ at 5PM Friday, October 18 to highlight the 21st “Adlaw sang Tigbauan” marking the town’s founding anniversary. The …
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United Nations sets theme, “Tourism and Jobs – A Better Future for All”
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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LAGGARD PINOY GOLFER: PH behind Asian neighbors on golf tourism
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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Unique ‘Kalamay Festival’ reels off
The town of San Enrique in Iloilo, Philippines celebrates Kalamay Festival on July 12 – a tribute to its main crop sugarcane, from where sugar (kalamay in Hiligaynon) is made. …
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DOT girding for Taiwan-Iloilo chartered flight
Iloilo may have Taiwan-Iloilo chartered flight in the near future as the Department of Tourism Region VI and Philippine DOT Office in Taiwan arrange ground works to make the route …
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