Travel and Tourism

Summer is fast approaching if not here at all already and people are starting to make their plans for this season.

By Lito Cinco Years after the onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda that killed thousands and damaged properties, Samar Governor Sharee Ann Tan said she believes the province is back on track with at least a 50-percent increase in the number of its tourist arrivals.

Despite the challenges Mindanao suffered in terms of tourism promotion in the past few years, Department of Tourism (DOT) officials believe it is time to begin important projects in the region to shift tourists’ attention to the country’s unspoiled islands in the south.

Music indeed shall help restore a world heritage treasure.

House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez extended to six months the initial 45- day deadline he imposed for airlines to transfer their domestic flights to Clark International Airport, in a bid to decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

A ¥9.399-billion loan agreement between the Philippines and Japan was inked for the construction of the third phase of the Arterial Road Bypass Project designed to ease traffic in Bulacan.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said they will continue to support to the Philippines’ key transport infrastructure projects to address Metro Manila’s traffic problems.

Airbus SE, Delta Air Lines, Inc., Sprint Corp. and two US satellite-services providers have kicked off an initiative to enhance Internet access on airliners, inviting other companies to join voluntary efforts to upgrade global standards for airborne connectivity.

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 prompted a slew of safety proposals meant to prevent another jetliner from inexplicably vanishing. Yet four years later, that possibility remains.

Several transport groups pledged to come out with more than 3,000 modern jeepneys within the next three months in support of government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP).