MANILA – There’s a type of crisis where once resolved, eventually goes away and the business returns to normal. But how do you handle one when the crisis is the pandemic itself? For Amor Maclang, an internationally recognized crisis management and disaster risk reduction expert, the way forward is to innovate. In the recent Leadership Excellence...
VACCINE FOR BORACAY. Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores says he requested 40,000 doses of vaccine for Boracay island from the national government, in a press conference Tuesday (March 9, 2021). He said that Boracay island will be open to the world once tourism workers get inoculated. (PNA file photo) March 9, 2021–ILOILO CITY – To open...
MANILA — For the first half of 2019, a total of 4,133,050 international tourists visited the Philippines, marking an 11.43 percent increase from last year’s figures, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT). “We have already reached the 4 million mark within the first 6 months of the year. Seven years ago, it took the entire...
MANILA — The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Wednesday welcomed the move of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to lift its moratorium on flights to Boracay and its issuance of new and stricter guidelines on the conduct of commercial air transportation serving the resort island. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said this development could further spur the...
MANILA— Malacanang’s approval of the PHP25-billion Boracay Action Plan (BAP) signifies the Duterte administration’s commitment to sustain the gains from the island’s initial six-month closure, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said on Tuesday. “The Department of Tourism wholeheartedly welcomes President Duterte’s approval of the PHP25 billion Boracay Action Plan to complete the island’s rehabilitation and continue...
MORE TOURISTS, MORE FUN. Tourists flock world-famous Boracay Island before its temporary closure for rehabilitation last year. Latest data from the Department of Tourism show that tourist arrivals in the country increased by 7.59 percent in the first quarter of 2019.