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Eco-tourism development still priority program of Kiangan Ifugao 2007-05-24 03:19:16 KIANGAN, Ifugao — Eco- tourism is still cited by this municipality as its pet project for the coming years as it did not yet fully realize the benefits that can be obtained from this industry.
According to Engr. Jos Aguana, municipal planning and development coordinator of this town, they are still harmonizing all efforts to maximize [...] Read more:priority
Philippines to promote medical tourism 2007-05-24 02:34:21 Cebu City — With the worldwide earnings from medical
tourism expected to reach US $188B by year 2013, the Philippines
wants to share a slice of the global market as government is focusing its efforts in promoting the medical and surgical services of the country’s capital abroad.
Department of Health (DOH-7) medical tourism regional program coordinator [...]
How To become a Responsible Traveler 2007-05-23 19:47:30 Responsible travel is a broad term but in essence, travelling responsibly means treating people in other countries with the same respect you would expect from others in your own community or country. The responsible traveller is interested in preserving cultures, communities, local way of life, wildlife, habitats and the environment as a whole in every [...] Read more:Responsible
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Tips on Choosing Golf Travel Bag Cases 2007-05-22 19:27:50 Golf travel bag cases frequently provide golfers with problems. Among them are the space required for them, the weight and even the price. Some can be really expensive, particularly if you want a bit more protection that a soft cover travel case can provide.
If you have decided to buy a travel case for your golf [...] Read more:Travel
Travelers Challenge: Lets Go Green 2007-05-21 19:53:49 While environmentalists have been promoting a “green vision” for almost 35 years now, it seems like the general public has just realized that each and every one of us has a negative, and lasting, impact on the environment. It’s about time.
From a traveler’s perspective this realization is important because travel can have significant impact on [...] Read more:Travelers
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Choosing a Travel Agent? 2007-05-19 19:04:22 With so many destinations to go to, it’s important to plan accordingly. A travel agent will be able to acquire your tickets, hotel reservations, car rental, and activities all at once, saving you time, and thus, money. Booking a vacation can be a lot of trouble for just one person, but with a qualified travel [...] Read more:Travel
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Travel Agents: Hints And Tips 2007-05-19 18:21:27 More and more people are booking their vacations and doing the research online. Travel
agents are seeing less people walking through their doors. There are many websites that help people find the best deals and allow you to make all of your plans through their sites. I have used travel agents since my senior year [...] Read more:Hints
Things to do in Boracay! 2007-05-19 01:14:44 Recreational Sports - Laid-back Boracay
is the perfect venue for golf, tennis, bowling, even beach volleyball. Top-of-class amenities for these activities are available in the island. For golf bugs, Fairways and Bluewater Resort Golf and Countryclub has an 18-hole championship course.
Partyhopping - The code in Boracay is strictly informal. Walking barefoot than shod is the [...]
When to wear Sandals? 2007-05-17 18:35:55 Bringing Sandals
for your trip is probably one thing that you don’t wanna miss. Wearing Sandals while street walking will give maximum comfort. Aside from being lightweight wearing sandals makes you feel that your feet is ventilated.
If you love hiking, particularly backpacking, you have to choose sandals that provide good support that can prevent you [...]
Places to go while street walking in Manila 2007-05-17 18:00:18 Things to Do and see in the City of Manila
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Plaza San Luis
Named after one of the barrios of old Intramuros, this is a cultural-cum-commercial complex currently composed of five houses: Casa Manila, Casa Blanca, Casa Urdaneta, Los Hidalgos, and El Hogar Filipino. Plaza San Luis will eventually consist of 9 houses representing different eras in [...] Read more:Places
DOT prepares for the June 12 Philippine Independence Day celebration 2007-05-26 03:40:51 Preparations are underway for this year’s celebration
of the PhilippineIndependence
day on June 12, 2007 with the theme “Sama-sama tayo, tungo sa pag-asenso.”
The celebration according to Department of Tourism Secretary Joseph “Ace” Durano was divided into three parts: the Watawat, Kalayaan and the Kabayanihan modules. The first module will be focused on the Flag [...]
Vigan: The Old World Charm Of Ilocos 2007-05-30 20:04:03 by: John Grant
Going to the province of Ilocos is like treading back in time. Not only for the Spanish colonial houses, but for the simple, laid-back feel of the towns and its people.
In old times, Ilocandia has been described as a God-forsaken land because of its arid and difficult terrain. But the hardy people of [...] Read more:World
StreetWalking in Ongpin, Manila 2007-05-30 20:00:58 by Dan Eggers
If your Asia tour includes a long stay in the Philippines, we suggest that you add in a visit to Ongpin or Chinatown, which is how most people call it as well, as part of your travel program, especially if you’ll in Manila
- the capital city of the country - for a [...]
Picatoo and SEAIR Launches Photo Contest 2007-05-29 19:11:13 Get your cameras ready as you take your vacation this summer. We are giving away free tickets with hotel stay in Boracay, as well as, two Adventure Passes which will let you fly as much as you want to any SEAIR destination within 45 days! Learn More >>
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Exploring Sagada On A Shoe-String Budget 2007-05-29 18:25:21 by: John Grant
Urban dwellers would normally prefer to rove around the metropolis and explore every side-street in search for ideal refuge, more than traveling to remote provinces. However, there are more than 7,000 reasons to explore the parameters of this archipelago, taking into account its profuse land and marine resources and myriad sanctuaries.
Among the many [...] Read more:Exploring
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Scuba Diving in Boracay Phillippines 2007-05-29 00:21:25 Boracay in the Philippines along with nearby Indonesia’s Bali are consistently voted by scuba diving magazines and publications as amongst the top 10 scuba diving destinations and resorts in the world.
There are quite a few diving operators offer dive safaris to hard to reach locations in Boracay such as Sibuyan Sea, Tablas, Romblon and Semirara. [...] Read more:Scuba
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Hotels next to surge in Philippines after Call Centers 2007-05-28 23:13:04 MANILA, Philippines
— In a recent public disclosure of the Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA), the Philippines diverted over 500,000 foreign visitors to other destinations in 2006 due to lack of accommodation facilities in most of the key tourists spots in the country. This resulted to income loss amounting to about US$400 million due to [...] Read more:Hotels
Nueva Vizcaya mountaineers hail woman conqueror of Everest 2007-05-28 08:16:30 BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (May 28) — With pride and cheers from her fellow Novo Vizcayanos, Janet Belarmino, one of the three women who conquered Mt. Everest
received admiration from mountaineers here, saying her feat could encourage other people to join mountaineering as a way of loving and protecting the nature.
“We salute her not only for [...] Read more:woman
Tourism helps peso appreciation 2007-05-28 08:06:12 Quezon City (28 May) — The rise in international visitor arrivals has been supporting the peso appreciation
this year, which is expected to continue given the growing interest in Philippine destinations.
Jose Clemente III, president of the Philippine Travel Agencies Association, said economists had overlooked that international tourism revenues helped the peso gain value against the [...] Read more:Tourism
Pitcher plants, new dollar opportunity for Filipinos 2007-05-28 07:55:21 Tacloban City (May 27) — The pitcher plant which locals call “pitsel-pitsel” and which scientist call as nephentes promises to be the new source of dollar opportunity for the Filipinos and for the Philippines.
The pitcher plant has drawn and heightened the interests of many plant hobbyist, researchers and collectors from all over the world, due [...] Read more:Pitcher
Philippines Scuba Diving on Shoestring Budget 2007-06-02 20:03:15 Philippines scuba diving offers some of the best diving in the world and it can be done on a Shoestring budget if you go at the right time of the year.
There are not too many places in the world where you can do 2 dives for under $40, but the Philippines offers many places where [...] Read more:Philippines
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Asian scuba diving magazine writers arriving in Davao 2007-06-02 18:40:25 Davao City — WRITERS and photographers from different Asian
scuba diving magazines are arriving here on June 4-5 to check the diving sites in Davao City and at the Island Garden City of Samal.
“They will be helping us to promote our diving sites through their different magazines,” said Wind and Wave Davao general manager Richard [...]
Durian fruit to flood Davao City 2007-06-02 18:25:57 by Prix D Banzon
Davao City — The market will be flood
ed with Durian
fruit with the forthcoming bumper harvest come August this year.
In an interview with SODACO officer Edgardo Lagman, he said that after the long dry spell SODACO is anticipating a tremendous increase in yield.
He cited that in their three farms (in Davao City [...]
Philippines conducts health, wellness and medical tourism roadshow in US 2007-06-02 18:11:44 Tacloban City — In its effort to promote the Philippines
as the newest medical
tourism haven in Asia, the government has sent a delegation to conduct the Philippine Health and Wellness and Medical Tourism Roadshow in the United States.
Just recently, Consul General May Jo Bernardo Aragon of the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, California [...]
Palawan: The Last Frontier 2007-06-02 12:19:36 by: Noel
Palawan is an island province which is surrounded with 1780 islands and islets. It is also surrounded by a coral reef that if full of diverse and colorful marine life which is why it has been declared a nature sanctuary. Puerto Princesa, the capital of Palawan, is the main harbor and the center of [...] Read more:Frontier
Meet the Gentle Giants Of Donsol in Sorsogon 2007-06-01 20:08:03 by: John Grant
Donsol used to be a sleepy coastal town in Sorsogon—a province in the southernmost tip of Luzon. Nobody knows Donsol except for, of course, its local inhabitants until a few years ago when tourists from all over the world began to flock this remote place to get a look-see at the largest fish [...] Read more:Giants
Jack Daniel’s Global Music Tour presents the Coffeebreak Island 2007-05-31 20:58:26 Indefinable comes to mind upon hearing Coffeebreak Island
’s unique musical fusion of ska, reggae and rock & roll flavors. The magnetic groove comes in an intruiging and delectable blend. Admit it or not, song after song gets better and better and once you dance to them, your new-found abandon won’t let you stop. The boys [...] Read more:Daniel
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Backpacking for Culture 2007-05-31 20:57:55 For most Pinoys, to travel outside the Philippines alone is not something one commonly hears about, let alone encourage. What more if the traveler happens to be an attractive and still single Filipina, only 24 years of age?
But that’s exactly what Lani del Fierro has done recently. And what’s more amazing about it is that [...] Read more:Backpacking
Davao celebrates Philippine Eagle Week 2007-06-06 05:23:30 DAVAO CITY, — The 9th PhilippineEagle
Week celebrations began last Saturday, June 2, with close to 100 eagle supporters motoring through downtown Davao before proceeding to the Philippine Eagle Center, located at the foot of Mt. Apo in Malagos, Baguio District, this city, according to Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) Executive Director Dennis Salvador.
The PEF-led [...]
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