Credit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 02:47:52 +0000
Alexander Dickson and Shirley Ann Brown had seven years together. If you find yourself atop the Sea to Sky gondola, he’ll tell you their love story.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tyrone Jasper C. Piad| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:00:11 +0000
THE government and private sector should increase their investment in local tourism as tforeign tourist arrivals fall on account of the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019 nCoV ARD), the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII) said on Tuesday. “The FFCCCII urges government and all sectors to […]
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Credit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 01:20:23 +0000
Garibaldi at Squamish will apply to extend its environmental assessment certificate to 2026.
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:48:36 +0000
The World Health Organization declared Thursday that the coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, is a public health emergency of international concern.
Read moreCredit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:10:47 +0000
Tourism receipts rise 17.57% to P245B The country’s tourism industry generated some P245 billion in receipts from international visitors during the first half of 2019, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Friday. Data from the DOT showed a 17.57-percent increase from the 2018 figure. Tourists stay an average of 9.01 nights and spend $120.60 […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:14:17 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A portion of Boracay’s shoreline was closed Wednesday to conduct a 48 to 72-hour cleanup after a foreign tourist supposedly let her child defecate in its waters, Tourism chief Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. Puyat confirmed Environment Sec. Roy Cimatu instructed Boracay Inter-agency Task Force (BITF) General Manager Natividad Bernardino to isolate the area […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: racosta| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:35:20 +0000
ILOILO CITY –– A 100-meter area of the famed four-kilometer long beach of Boracay Island was cordoned off starting Wednesday morning amid a video showing a tourist burying used baby diapers along the beach. Natividad Bernardino, general manager of the Boracay Interagency Rehabilitation Management Group, said the area at Station 1 at the northern end […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:11:21 +0000
The government is expanding “education tourism” to lure students from the Middle East and Europe to come to the Philippines and study.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:40:16 +0000
Sri Lanka’s government announced Tuesday it will reduce ground handling charges for airlines and slash aviation fuel prices and embarkation fees to help the country’s vital tourism industry recover.
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Credit to Author: nguno| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 05:20:12 +0000
“We have seen many cases of problematic tourists, lately they are either Australian, British or Russian,” said an immigration official.
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