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Air Juan connects Iloilo to Caticlan, Cuyo

ILOILO CITY, March 20 (PNA) -- An airline boosted the inter-island connectivity of Western Visayas and Palawan with the launching of flights from Iloilo to Caticlan in Malay, Aklan and Cuyo Islands in Palawan Monday. Paolo Misa, Air Juan marketing...

Philippines, Thailand renew deal on tourism cooperation

MANILA, March 22 (PNA) -- Tourism officials of the Philippines and Thailand have renewed a 23-year-old tourism cooperation agreement during the official visit of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to Bangkok this week. Philippine Department of Tourism (PDOT) Secretary Wanda Teo and...

Foreign tourists continue to flock to Davao Oriental beaches

DAVAO CITY, March 13 (PNA) -- The beaches of Mati City, Davao Oriental have become a favourite weekend destination for foreign visitors mostly from the United States, Europe, and Japan. This was disclosed by Tanya Virginia Rabat-Tan, head of the...

Solon welcomes opening of 100-hectare safari adventure in Cebu province

CEBU CITY, March 14 (PNA) -- Cebu City North District Rep. Raul del Mar has welcomed the looming opening of a 100-hectare safari adventure in Carmen town in northern Cebu. "We welcome anything that is good for Cebu. This is...

Dagupan’s Bangus Festival kicks off April 2

DAGUPAN CITY, March 10 (PNA) -- Dagupan's biggest summer spectacle, Bangus Festival, will reel off on April 2 to May 1 with new and exciting events awaiting visitors and the locals. Among the the new events are the holding of...

DOT leads largest Philippine team to Berlin travel expo

By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, March 9 (PNA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) is currently in Berlin to lead the largest Philippine delegation ever to the world’s biggest tourism trade fair, the Internationale Tourismus Borse (ITB Berlin) in Germany. According...

Tagaytay still Calabarzon’s top tourist destination

By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, March 9 (PNA) -- Tagaytay remains to be the top tourist destination in the Calabarzon region, a Philippine tourism official said. Philippine Department of Tourism Region IV-A Director Rebecca Labit said that of the region’s five...

First shopping centre opens in Boracay

BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan, Feb. 25 (PNA) -- Property developer DoubleDragon Properties Corp. opened its 13th CityMall branch in Boracay Saturday. The establishment is the first shopping mall in the island with a full-size supermarket. The mall is located at the corner...

Gerry’s Grill opens 3rd US branch in Honolulu

MANILA, Feb. 25 (PNA) -- Popular homegrown Filipino restaurant Gerry’s Restaurant and Bar opened its third branch in the US in the Kalihi neighbourhood in Honolulu, Hawaii recently, the Department of Foreign Affairs has announced in a news release. Gerry’s...

Palawan gears up for ‘Baragatan Festival 2017’ in June

By Celeste Anna R. Formoso PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Feb. 23 (PNA) -– Palawan Governor Jose Alvarez has given the green light for the staging of this year’s “Baragatan Festival.” Provincial Information Officer Gil Acosta Jr. said Thursday that “it is all...
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