Travel and Tourism

The Philippines ranked 2nd in the list of most Instagramable places in the world, according to travel website Big 7 Travel. 

The Department of Transportation (DoTr) will start 75 new airport development projects to build new gateways that is part of government’s “Build, Build, Build” program, according to Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade. 

Investigators suspect that metal fatigue was the cause of a recent engine failure of a United Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft that departed Denver where engine parts debris were found scattered. 

The Department of Tourism (DoT) supports the Department of Interior and Local Government’s current efforts to streamline travel entry requirements and procedures being implemented by different local government units. 

A recent incident at a Cebu resort that absolved itself of any wrongdoing for its handling of a mother and her autistic child should give focus on the need for disability sensitivity training in various establishments, according to Autism Society Philippines.  Mai Pages, mother of a child with special needs, posted on TripAdvisor her experience at Plantation Bay Resort and …

Bohol is now open for leisure travel in time for the Christmas holidays, according to Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat. “Bohol will be open for leisure travel, even those coming from GCQ [general community quarantine] areas,” such as Metro Manila, she said. 

After the Philippines gradually reopened several tourist destinations, the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched a new travel video dubbed Have a Safe Trip, Pinas – showing the advent of tourism under the new normal.  Images of a typical out-of-town trip—partaking in tourism activities, lounging by scenic spots, al fresco dining in the moonlight—are combined with scenes of face masks and …

Philippine Airlines (PAL) recently partnered with Guide to the Philippines in offering affordable travel packages under the “Easy Escapes” campaign. 

Soon, any user of Google’s Street View app will be able to capture their own imagery of a precise location — or an entire street — simply by using their smartphone camera. Thus, web users will be able to help grow the app’s already immense database. 

Despite the cancellation of the enormously famous giant lantern festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic, San Fernando’s local officials and civic leaders chose instead to showcase the colorful creations of the city’s barangays to an online audience to keep the 112-year-old tradition going.